CLARINET AND SINGS.

While rap, hip-hop and pop might dominate the nation's airwaves, the roots of American popular music cannot be denied. And when digging for roots, you need go no further than the blues, soul and jazz, which are some of America's greatest original artforms

Not many people get into Jazz and Blues music easily as they are vast and complicated group of music. Here's some songs to get you excited for the music.

Kate Campbell's songs have been permeated by the surroundings and history of her upbringing. She has a lovely, lyrical voice that is a pleasure to listen to, making the pain and suffering in her songs' stories palatable.

The Kings of Comedy have enjoyed long and prolific careers. There was a time when going to a Woody Allen film meant lots of laughs, but now that is not always true. Mel Brooks films are a monument to comedy although he produces a wider spectrum of films.

This article guides you to several arrangements for piano, and C and Bb instrumental ensembles for this celebrated carol.

Call in your votes for American Idol. The competition from the Top 9 contestants is starting to get hot. Some of these guys are starting to blossom? Who is going home this week?

I have never seen so many famous people from one state! No doubt, Chicago has turned out many, many famous and notable people from their area. This list details many of them. Check it out!

The blended sounds mirror the spirit of the Gypsy. The fire has been rekindled and the young Gypsies have grown up, bringing a new perspective to the old stories, so join KAL and travel where ever the road takes you with a new band of Gypsies.

2010 Grammy Award nominees were announced tonight. This is a continuation of the Grammy Award nominees list.

Review of concert of the jazz band Who's Your Crawdaddy? at Barbes Brooklyn. Concert date: May 4 2006

The hot jazz festival went on despite a weekend full of rain.

The singer and acoustic bassist from Oregon surprised everyone, including herself, when she won a Grammy for Best New Artist. Here's some background on this rising star of jazz.

This article describes ten of the rock band Chicago's lesser known songs from the years before 1978, songs that illustrate the depth of talent and musicianship of this group.

The Charlie Chaplin of Rock and Roll

Some music seems built for use as the soundtrack to a murder scene. But would you believe that The Hokey Pokey always makes me think of a murderous doll? I look at some interesting choices and offer up two more that would be perfect for murder sequences.

These generations pioneered the use of modern microphone techniques in concert, radio, and recording performances to establish themselves as pure singers, not as singing comics or singing actors.

The Marx Brothers--Chico, Harpo, Groucho, and (in their first five movies) Zeppo--arguably the greatest comedy team in film history, owed their entire careers to their family. They inherited show-business

The pressures of creating mainstream music can hurt an artists these 5 albums were the result of artists creating for the love of the music, not for the money.

Two discs of great music that not only provides music used in the film, but it also opens up a portal to the past, allowing us to listen to what it must have sounded like for a young Scorsese growing up

Review of Little Brother's Chitlin Circuit 1.5 Mixtape