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Hear the young mezzo-soprano sing contemporary music of rare beauty, offering a voice of creamy muscularity.

The notable crooner and saxophonist returns with a lush neo-soul single that's content with languishing in the moment.

Stagehands at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. voted unanimously to strike if the performing arts center proceeds with cuts.

William Chapman Nyaho, a Seattle-based, Ghanaian-American pianist, has spent his career championing the works of lesser-known composers from across the African continent and beyond.

Nate Chinen remembers Newport Jazz impresario George Wein, who helped create the modern music festival but never lost his appetite for listening in small rooms and connecting at a human scale.

After Chapman released her 1988 debut, she was everywhere in pop and always on the mind of writer Francesca T. Royster. Hearing that album, she writes, "helped me say what I hadn't yet said out loud."

The Susie Arioli Swing Band featuring Jordan Officer first gained notice at the 1998 Montreal International Jazz Festival. The band's albums include the recent Pennies from Heaven and the debut It's Wonderful.

As music legend Johnny Cash prepares to release another album, David Greenberger reviews two new CDs that pay tribute to Cash. They're called Kindred Spirits and Dressed In Black.

Karen Grigsby Bates learns about the legacy of rock & roll legend Sam Cooke from Mark Naison, a professor at Fordham University who's teaching a course called "From Rock n' Roll to Hip Hop."

It's giving Nivea, it's giving Tiffany Evans' "Promise Ring," it's giving Ciara lusting after 50 Cent in 2006. It's not giving the entrancing, smoky sound that made us fall in love with Summer Walker.