Considering learning a musical instrument? It’s a wonderful idea. Research indicates learning to play music as an adult can enhance memory, decrease stress and ...

When Greg Cahill formed this band 50 years ago, there were few other bluegrass bands from Chicago. The road has taken some ...

Maintaining cognitive function is a top priority for Americans over the age of 50, and while diet and exercise are widely ...

The violin virtuoso will play "In the Fiddler's House" at the Beacon Theater on Monday alongside other klezmer music greats.

Danette Chavez] I began 2025 by reading Helen DeWitt’s 2001 novel The Last Samurai, which immediately became one of my ...

I n 1979, five months after my seventh birthday, my father crashed his plane into an orange grove and died. Dad, a pilot, had ...

Tweedy has been a startlingly prolific songwriter ever since the late 1980s, when he and Jay Farrar formed the Illinois band ...

Stretching your ability to focus is good for the brain. Paying close attention like that encourages the brain to pump more acetylcholine (a brain chemical important for learning, attention, and memory ...

Enchanted by the sitar ever since he had his first cursory dabble (the story goes, that this happened during the making of ...

Singer, Omórìnmádé Aníkúlápó-Kútì, known professionally as Mádé Kuti, speaks to NAOMI CHIMA about his career and life as a ...

At 92, Charles Griffin’s voice still carries the cadence of the Deep South, a voice that grew up playing along the red clay ...

Enchanted by the sitar ever since he had his first cursory dabble (the story goes, that this happened during the making of ...