Berklee College of Music News

Tony Trischka, a seasoned banjo virtuoso often ranked alongside masters such as Earl Scruggs and Bela Fleck, was checking in on his latest crop of students the other day.

The music of singer, songwriter and pianist Rachel Efron is known for its poetic lyrics and soulful tunes.

As a small child, Sierra Hull fell in love with bluegrass music during car trips with her family.

Fort Worth's garage-rock combo The Cut*Off is heading back into the studio later this month to work on the band's third full-length effort.

Whatever happened to the pure vocalist? We're talking about the formally trained ones.

From left, guitar-slingers Grigoryan, Towner and Muthspiel. One of the highlights of last year's jazz season was a trio of bassists: Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller and Victor Wooten.

Berklee College of Music, the world's leading institution for the study of contemporary music, will be holding audition and interview events in Turkey for the first time as part of the college's World Scholarship Tour, offering talented musicians the chance to be awarded a scholarship to attend the college.

Canadian-born, New York City-based trumpet and flugelhorn player Ingid Jensen makes her Topeka debut Sunday when she performs at the third show in the Topeka Jazz Workshop Inc.

PAULA COLE is not just a singer known for the "Dawson's Creek" theme song, "I Don't Want to Wait," or her 1997 Grammy-nominated tune, "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone." She is a class mom, a nature lover, still a friend to her schoolmates and a woman with a few regrets.

Having suffered more than 15 years of false starts, failures and musical disappointments, singer-songwriter Harper Simon admits he has hardly charted the ideal path to pop stardom like his father, Paul Simon.

Carly Simon recorded her new album, "Never Been Gone," at her Martha's Vineyard compound, and she delivers intriguing twists on her hits and other songs from past albums, as well as two new tunes.

The inaugural one-day Boston Book Festival will take place on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Boston Public Library, Old South Church, Trinity Church and outdoors in Copley Square.

In support of her debut album, "The Only Way Out is Through," Sarah Blacker will bring her vocals and her instrumental skills on the guitar, mandolin and djembe to the Bullfrog Brewery on Oct.

One of my favorite forms of music is jazz. I even know why -- it's the improvisatory nature of jazz that delights me both intellectually and musically.

Live Review: Oregon Symphony's "Bach, Beethoven and Bernstein" 9:41 AM October 19th, 2009 by Sasha Ingber Culture Oregon Symphonya s music director, Carlos Kalmar, adroitly conducts a program that spans old and contemporary masterpieces.

It has always been Caleb Hawley's dream to be a professional baseball player. But when that didn't work out, he channeled his blues into playing the guitar.

Elliot Scheiner, world famous record producer and engineer, will be guest speaking at Madison Media Institute on Friday, October 23.

Michaela Kuzia prefers to be heard and not seen. Though she's extremely articulate, the 27-year-old Great Barrington native, who now lives in Boston, says she's still stage shy.

The Philadelphia Club Frontiers International Inc. Charles Crumbly Sr. Service Awards Reception took place Sunday at PECO Headquarters in Center City.

Critics have been falling over their feet to praise her - now you have an opportunity to see her live in the intimate setting of the Barnstormers Theatre - almost like having her in your living room.