The 1920s, often called the “Jazz Age,” was a significant period for jazz music, characterized by the emergence of influential artists who shaped the genre. This decade saw the rise of Louis Armstrong ...

The just-released Volume 2 of the show's soundtrack features period-appropriate contributions by Elvis Costello, Liza Minnelli, Patti Smith, The National’s Matt Berninger and David Johansen, among ...

If you love jazz and pop from the 1920s and '30s, you might already love the HBO series Boardwalk Empire, set in Atlantic City during Prohibition. The music played throughout the show is performed by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Life in the 1920s was defined by many cultural, political, and economic developments. Jazz music and flapper fashion defined the ...

CARMEL, Ind. — A new exhibit tracking a century of music, technology and culture in America is open to visitors inside the Palladium in Carmel. The Great American Songbook Foundation’s new interactive ...

Real Scenes of 1920s USA - Rare Colorized Photos of Vintage America Today, we embark on a journey to the vibrant twenties in America – an era that gave birth to jazz, embraced flapper fashion, and ...

It has been called New Orleans jazz, Dixieland (a term that most of the musicians playing it despise), and most recently, “trad” (short for “traditional”) jazz. Ever since Benny Goodman exploded onto ...