At every show that Brandy Clark plays, she places a notebook on her merchandise table. It’s there for the singer-songwriter’s fans to leave her notes, but she finds that people often just write about ...

Ben Markley, who has already earned wide praise as a pianist, educator and leader of the Ben Markley Big Band, brandishes his sturdy composing and arranging chops on Tell the Truth, wherein he leads ...

Like the beat, beat, beat of the tom-tom. Movement, commentary, passion, rhyme. All wrapped into song. Spoken, sung, experienced. Whether it trips off the tongue or trips up the tongue, it has a beat; ...