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Simone Leigh is Anderson Ranch’s 2021 International Artist Honoree. Courtesy photo A group of 10 contemporary art galleries in Aspen will host a citywide art crawl in Aspen on Tuesday evening, hosting gallery receptions in celebration of Anderson Ranch Recognition Week. The participating galleries are a mix of stalwart local institutions and many of the new players who have arrived in Aspen this summer amid the pandemic. Dubbed “Gallery Night Aspen,” it will include Almine Rech, Baldwin ...

Her Mountain Stage set includes a cover of Sweet Honey in the Rock's spirited single "I Remember, I Believe."

Her <em>Mountain Stage</em> set includes a cover of Sweet Honey in the Rocks spirited single "I Remember, I Believe."

Hear jazz and soul star Lizz Wright, guitar virtuoso Raul Midón, the gospel drenched blues of The Holmes Brothers, folk-rockers Fruit Bats, indie-pop storytellers The Paper Raincoat, and Portuguese acoustic group Deolinda on this Mountain Stage podcast episode originally recorded in 2010.

Lizz Wright on Mountain Stage in 2010 This week we revisit an episode originally recorded in 2010 on the campus of West Virginia University, in partnership with WVU Arts and Entertainment. Firmly rooted in the sounds of her Georgia upbringing, gospel and jazz vocalist Lizz Wright shares her take on the songs she grew up hearing in church as a pastors daughter. Tune in to this weeks special archive episode to hear a full set from Lizz Wright, including "Walk" which you can hear now as the Moun...

Luminato Festival Toronto postponed to October due to latest COVID-19 restrictions Joni Mitchell sings on stage during her 70th birthday tribute concert flanked by left to right, Cold Specks, Kathleen Edwards, Liam Titcomb, Lizz Wright, and Rufus Wainwright, as part of the Luminato Festival at Massey Hall in Toronto on Tuesday June 18, 2013. Torontos arts-filled Luminato Festival is moving from this June to October due to the latest COVID-19 restrictions in Ontario. THE CANADIAN...

YouTube The National Endowment for the Arts has inducted a new class of NEA Jazz Masters every year since 1982, honoring more than 160 artists and advocates during their lifetimes. This years class embodies a dazzling breadth of expression — with the beats of two different drummers, Albert "Tootie" Heath and Terri Lyne Carrington; a saxophonist and composer whos always marched to his own rhythm, Henry Threadgill; and a jazz broadcaster and historian known for chasing down any promising digres...

On this week’s 51%, singer and culinary artist Lizz Wright talks about a range of topics, including what it means to sing joyfully.

Soul Jazz. The next episode of the show will celebrate Dr. Lonnie Smith and the legacy of the Hammond B-3 organ. Latin Jazz Cruise will put a focus on Latin big bands, in the U.S.A. and beyond. Morning Jazz is celebrating jazz around the world, with choice recordings from international jazz festivals. Salon Sessionswill rebroadcast interviews with a theme both international and local. Dizzy Gillespie at the 1957 Newport Jazz Festival. Sunday Morning Harmony will celebrate spirituals, hymns and...

/ The 2021 NEA Jazz Masters class: Terri Lyne Carrington, Albert "Tootie" Heath, Henry Threadgill and Phil Schaap The 2021 NEA Jazz Masters Tribute Concert — honoring Albert “Tootie” Heath, Henry Threadgill, Terri Lyne Carrington and Phil Schaap — will take place on Thursday, April 22, 2021 at 8 p.m. EDT. Presented by the National Endowment for the Arts in collaboration with SFJAZZ, this virtual event will feature prerecorded performances and tributes by an array of prominent jazz a...