This Jazz Appreciation Month, a Philadelphia jazz artist is putting a fresh spin on an old genre — using her lyrics to speak directly to today's women. Singer, composer and arranger Lora Sherrodd is ...

The world of music has given us many great female singers over the years. No matter whether you are a fan of rock, jazz, soul, country, or modern pop, it is easy to find a female singer whose voice ...

When thinking about jazz, it’s impossible to ignore the deep, soulful contributions of Black women who have shaped the genre into what it is today. From smooth and sultry vocals to bold, ...

Veronica Swift has nothing against melisma, the vocal technique in which a single syllable is stretched out and crammed with as many notes as the human larynx and lungs will allow. She just doesn’t do ...

This summer, NPR Music asked hundreds of female musicians to fill out a survey about their experience in the business. A lot of jazz and... Last summer, NPR Music asked hundreds of female musicians to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cleo Laine at Ronnie Scott’s in Soho, 1969 - David Redfern/Redferns Dame Cleo Laine, the singer and actress who has died aged 97, ...

A note to those who feel, not without merit, that popular culture is getting so stiflingly politically correct and even “woke” that it is being strangled to death: In 1989, when I published my book ...

The death of Cleo Laine Thursday at the age of 97 has inspired a slew of admiring headlines for the acclaimed English vocal and theater star, nearly all of them hailing her as a great jazz singer.