Taj Mahal takes us on a worldwide blues tour. Young sister Etana rising up out of Jamaica brings a new vibe to reggae. Babatunde Lea presents a brilliant tribute to Leon Thomas. The blues runs deep this week.

Pulling off a good tribute is tricky. Usually the person being honored has unique qualities and made major contributions while those doing the honoring are generally of a lesser light. Occasionally we get a brilliant all-star line up that miraculously...

There is something going on, not just in Jamaica, but indeed everywhere. Something righteous is happening. Part of this welcomed development is made possible by wide availability of digital technology but most of is due to the imagination and...

Hawaii, Zanzibar, Mali, Jamaica, India—they all are a long ways away from Springfield, Massachusetts where Harlem-born (May 17, 1942) Henry Saint Clair Fredericks was reared. The distance is immense for a college-educated farmer who is essentially a...

Taj Mahal by himself and Taj Mahal with four tubas—you’ve got to hear it. Choklate is a fresh, new singer/songwriter on the Soul music scene. "Escravos de Jo," Brazilian maestro Milton Nascimento’s tribute to our enslaved ancestors is presented in six...