Yarrow wrote or co-wrote some of the group's biggest 1960s hits, including "Puff, the Magic Dragon" and "Day Is Done." ...

Former President Jimmy Carter's state funeral services will span six days, three cities and multiple places of significance ...

In part two of our interview, Batiste joins us from the piano and plays some of his favorite Christmas songs. He's the former ...

Nicole Sweeney is a Queens-born, Long Island-raised music lover. Growing up in New York with West Indian parents, she was surrounded by all types of music every day and the influence of jazz was ...

On the B-side of the infectiously raucous smash, "Hit the Road, Jack," Ray Charles recorded another tune... "Just read your ...

Jimmy Carter will be be honored with a state funeral before being laid to rest in his hometown of Plains, Ga. — buried next ...

NEW YORK — Greg Gumbel, a longtime CBS sportscaster, has died from cancer, according to a statement from family released by ...

WBGO is operated as a non-profit, 501(C)3 organization in the public trust. As such it has a Board of Trustees, a mission, and is funded, in the main, by listener donations or memberships, as well as ...

In 2013, after having posted a series of videos recorded in his family home in North London of himself singing a cappella arrangements of classic - yet sometimes obscure - songs on YouTube, a critical ...

Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the driver of the pickup truck who plowed into a crowd in New Orleans on New Year's Day, killing at least 14 people and injuring dozens, acted alone and there is no other threat ...

Rob Crocker was a Brooklyn born high school musician whose career took a turn towards broadcasting when injuries, sustained in Vietnam, cut short his future as a performer. He started his broadcasting ...

In jazz radio, great announcers are distinguished by their ability to convey the spontaneity and passion of the music. Gary Walker is such an announcer, and his enthusiasm for this music greets WBGO ...