The first time Wall Street laid an egg, songwriters went on one of the richest sprees in American history. The 1930s treasure-trove of American music — culled from the country’s every corner: ...

Friday morning at 9:00, Classical New Orleans will present a full hour of music from the 1930s. You'll hear the first orchestral composition by Samuel Barber (1931); an early piano trio by Leonard ...

Ninety-five years ago today, the early rock singer/songwriter best known for his novelty songs was born in Texas ...

Friday evening’s Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra performance in the Bradley Symphony Center felt like a wander back in time. Playing under the baton of music director Ken-David Masur and joined by ...

Having discovered jazz in the late 1930s, I was on time for the big bands I heard on the radio from ballrooms and nightclubs around the country. I was lifted out of the Depression by the soaring reeds ...

The story of popular music in Penang, the Malaysian island by the Straits of Malacca—from the 1930s to the 1960s—is, as co-authors Paul Augustin and James Lochhead graphically depict, a tremendously ...