Music

Jazz Fest, one of the nation's liveliest annual music celebrations, should have been full-throttle this week in New Orleans. Instead,…

The coronavirus and the social-distancing measures designed to fight it have nearly silenced the New Orleans music scene. But some…

Soon after Louisville, Kentucky shut down in response to the global pandemic, Teddy Abrams, the conductor of the Louisville orchestra,…

The acclaimed Australian singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett recently completed her first U.S. solo tour. NewsHour Weekend's Tom Casciato caught up with…

In the midst of overwhelming sadness and suffering, we wanted to end the week on a high note. It's brought…

Prine, the ingenious singer-songwriter who explored the heartbreaks, indignities and absurdities of everyday life in "Angel from Montgomery," "Sam Stone,"…

Bill Withers, who wrote and sang a string of soulful songs in the 1970s that have stood the test of…

Country singer Joe Diffie, who had a string of hits in the 1990s with chart-topping, rock-tinged singles such as "Home"…

The family of John Prine says the singer-songwriter is critically ill and has been placed on a ventilator while being…

Krzysztof Penderecki, an award-winning conductor and one of the world's most popular contemporary classical music composers whose works have featured…