Five years for most people is encapsulated in photographs and old memories but, for frontman Matt Quinn, it’s etched in Mt. Joy’s music. To Quinn, the quintet’s folksy music exists in a dichotomy ...

Since 2005 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in ...

The band, Mt. Joy, has been on a long road but they've had a lot of fun along the way. Musician Matt Quinn speaks to NPR's Ayesha Rascoe about the growing up years and trading a guitar for law school.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Samara Joy’s voice has the ability to transform listeners to the early jazz clubs, filling them with warm nostalgia for legends like Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan. Grammy winner ...

WORCESTER — As she sat in a chair at a table in an alcove off the kitchen of her Worcester home, Wendy Ardizzone reflected during an interview, "Every stroke is different. That's something I've ...

Dallas has had some legendary artists play small shows before they became international superstars. Nirvana at Trees, Kendrick Lamar at the Prophet Bar and Lady GaGa at the Cambridge Room at the House ...