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South Arts, a nonprofit regional arts organization, awarded $2 million in grants in October to support jazz musicians through its Jazz Road…

American Patchwork Quartet Weave Modern Immigrant Dreams Into Songs In 2020, singer Falu Shah, bassist Yasushi Nakamura, drummer Clarence Penn and guitarist & vocalist Clay Ross teamed up to form American Patchwork Quartet. They're on a mission to reclaim the immigrant soul of American roots music, interpreting timeless songs through a 21st century lens. It's not an accident that the four members of the group, each with a thriving solo career, came together to start reinterpreting American roots music.  The quartet's goal is purposeful: to unleash music's magic to help counteract pervasive p...