Jim Babjak of the Smithereens and music renaissance man Glen Burtnik know this well. The two rockers with New Brunswick roots ...
The best stretch comes when Houston takes the audience to megachurch. “Jesus Loves Me” becomes a children’s song for all ages as she displays an uncharacteristic soulfulness in the tradition of Sister ...
Acclaimed vocalist Thomas Claxton has assembled another supergroup of music industry session legends for his latest “Me ... Barbra Streisand to D’Angelo, Cat Stevens to Alicia Keys, Aretha Franklin to ...
The decades-long career of Quincy Jones sprawled across landmark jazz, pop, R&B and soundtrack recordings. Here are 15 of the best.
Quincy Jones, the man known simply as "Q" who worked with musicians ranging from Count Basie to Frank Sinatra and reshaped ...
Jones ventured out of the jazz genre and produced his first hit single, “It’s My Party,” a Lesley Gore song ... of music they want and still have everyone buy it.” The people Mr. Jones worked with ...
From a very young age, Dexter was captivated by music. Growing up in a family that embraced creative expression, she started singing in Detroit’s rich gospel circuit. Her influences included the ...
Quincy Jones, who passed away Sunday, helped produce Michael Jackson’s albums “Off The Wall,” “Thriller,” and “Bad.” ...
Arrangement transforms a song from notes on paper into a fully realized piece of art that resonates with listeners. In essence, an arranger acts as a musical architect, designing the structure of a ...
But in a career that stretched across three-quarters of a century, what may have been more important about this giant of ...
On this episode of Rob Reinhart's Essential Music, we feature classics and new songs that celebrate We The People.
Few artists have legacies so mammoth their very name could be considered synonymous with the music industry, but then again, ...