Mainstream success has given contemporary jazz in the UK a wider audience. In 2023, The Ezra Collective became the first jazz group to win the prestigious Mercury Prize, as well as the first jazz act ...

Bill Kelly Southern rock has deep roots at the Beacon Theatre. The Allman Brothers Band made its debut on the legendary New ...

In this 25th edition of Eclectic Discoveries, get an eye and ear full of some sonic gems, from modern electric blues, to post-punk, to jazz-funk, and more.

Ford started to play drums, and then changed to tenor saxophone at the age of 15, inspired by Rahsaan Roland Kirk. Ran Blake heard him playing in a Boston Club and persuaded him to study music at the ...

Recorded May 4-5, 1959, several pieces on this album went on to become jazz standards. Each work will be played in album order as performed by Rahsaan Roland Kirk, The John Coltrane Quartet (live), ...

Not stopping for a moment, “Leaving Trunk” led into the familiar stomping rhythm of Rahsaan Roland Kirk‘s “Volunteered Slavery”. While it was surely difficult to find sonic space for ...

Warm Vintage Jazz Via Verve Acoustic Sounds Series 180-gram Vinyl Reissues Feature Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges and Roland Kirk When reviewing albums by legends like Duke Ellington and Roland Kirk, I ...

Kirk Medas, a main cast member of MTV’s reality series “Floribama Shore,” died Friday in Miami, Fla. of complications due to liver failure. He was 33 years old. His death was confirmed by ...

Floribama Shore alum Kirk Medas was battling a severe case of necrotizing pancreatitis. He died from liver failure on Friday. He was 33 years old. Floribama Shore alum Kirk Medas died from liver ...

MTV reality star Kirk Medas, best known for his time on Floribama Shore, has died at the age of 33. His sudden death in May 2025 stunned fans and fellow cast members, and many took to social media ...