In the early 2000s, the Southwest showed off its big-sky, bright-stars ability to pop. After Las Vegas standouts The Killers tangled up desire and freedom with the remaining ghosts of their religious ...

A keyboard player sustaining a church-like chord underneath him, guitarist Delaney McQuaig tenderly plucked a sultry, bluesy string of notes. Then, McQuaig asked the crowd on this Wednesday night in ...

American jazz composer and guitarist John Scofield performs with his Combo 66 band with Gerald Clayton on piano and Hammond B3 organ and Vicente Archer on upright acoustic bass at the Blue Note Jazz ...

Pull open the door to the Blue Note Grill in Durham, and you’re likely to be met with wailing blues and the rich smell of barbecue. And friends. Some you know and some you’ve yet to meet, in a crowd ...

Blue Note Records started releasing jazz records 85 years ago this month when German-Jewish immigrant Alfred Lion held the first recording sessions for the label in New York City. Much has changed ...

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...

The Blue Note Jazz Festival returns to Wine Country for its second year July 28-30 at Silverado Resort in Napa. But don't let the name fool you into thinking this is a single-genre festival. With ...

When Vallejo rapper Dak Sauce took the stage Wednesday night at Blue Note Napa, it felt like a dream realized. It was his first time performing at the city’s best-known live music venue — and his ...