Sorry to return to the Mercury prize for a second week, but this is only a passing spin-off from that much-discussed event. Observer music critic Kitty Empire, one of the Mercury judges, described the ...

The New Orleans Trad Jazz Camp puts an interesting spin on the great American tradition of summer camps. Unlike most camps, where kids are the educational focus, The Trad Jazz Camp is designed for ...

For the past couple of months, OffBeat has posted a survey on our website, just to get an idea of what our readers like, their opinions on political matters related to music, how they use information ...

Annie and the Fur Trappers headline the Bay State Hot Jazz Festival in Medford this weekend. Their front woman spoke to GBH Music about the magic of ‘20s jazz, and what to expect at the free festival.

For years, purist fans of traditional New Orleans jazz have worried their favorite music is a dying art form. Oh, sure, something like trad jazz, loud and frenetic with a side helping of street funk, ...

When singer and trumpeter Anne Linders moved from St. Louis to Boston in 2020, she wanted to put together a new version of her lively traditional jazz band Annie and the Fur Trappers. That proved to ...

That U.S.-hip-sounding line, strangely enough, is as British as “jolly good,” or “raw-ther.” It describes a musical fad that has washed over Britain. “Trad” is traditional jazz, the 1920s variety now ...

Chicago's new home for straight-ahead, classic, Live Jazz, 5 nights a week – with an emphasis on singers. While straight-ahead jazz is our primary focus, we also love and happily present trad-jazz, ...