Nov 20th, 2008 · Only a few days after the release of the album Smokin Sax and before a date to promote it, saxophonist Johnny Griffin died at age 80 at his chateau in Availles-Limouzine, France. Hear his final U.S. homecoming at the Village Vanguard recorded live by JazzSet
Aug 23rd, 2008 · A 25-year-old singer-songwriter, Flynn makes music that seems to draw equally from William Shakespeare and Bob Dylan: He has the ear of a poet and the mind of a storyteller. Flynn has just made his American debut with A Larum.
Aug 3rd, 2008 · Gillian Welch and her musical partner David Rawlings filled the Newport air with their gorgeous harmonies on this sunny Sunday afternoon set. They finger-picked from the whole catalog, but fans were also treated to three brand new songs, including a Johnny and June Carter Cash cover of "Jackson."
Jul 29th, 2008 · Dee Dee Bridgewater says the tenor saxophonist was the "epitome of a bygone era of legendary jazz musicians — dapper, suave, debonair, classy, hip, and he could tell a mean joke." Bridgewater and pianist Michael Weiss celebrate Johnny Griffin's life.
Jul 25th, 2008 · Once billed as the "world's fastest saxophonist," the Chicago native played in the bands of Lionel Hampton and Thelonious Monk. He was known as one of the strongest and most proficient exponents of hard-swinging bebop traditions.
Jan 10th, 2008 · Tinsel Town is mourning an elder statesman. Johnny Grant, who died Wednesday at the age of 84, never became a star himself. But the honorary mayor of Hollywood did become a familiar -- and beloved -- face along one of the world's most famous boulevards.
Jan 10th, 2008 · Hollywood is mourning its honorary mayor. For 50 years, Johnny Grant was Tinseltown's biggest booster, guiding hundreds of stars to the Walk of Fame. He also took the stars to soldiers at war, leading dozens of USO tours. Grant was 84. "I tell people I'm the luckiest guy in the world to have the name Hollywood attached to mine," he once said. "I mean, that is the key to the world."
Nov 5th, 2007 · On May 11, 1965, after playing a show at Mississippi State University, Johnny Cash was arrested and charged with public drunkenness. This past weekend, the city of Starkville, Miss., symbolically pardoned him. The ceremony took place as part of the three-day Johnny Cash Flower Pickin' Festival. It's named after Cash's defense: He reportedly told the arresting officers that he was just picking flowers -- at 3 a.m. Cash went on to write a song about the experience: "Starkville City Jail."