Whether it's a song about longing for a beloved home or breaking away from a stifling one, American musicians are always writing about the places they're from. American music isn't defined by a sound ...

Three years after his Grammy-nominated debut, Buenos Aires-born jazz trumpeter Diego Urcola's new CD Viva features what Urcola calls his dream band: pianist Edward Simon, bass player Avishai Cohen, ...

As there's not much happening jazz-wise this month, I thought it would be fun (not to mention controversial) to put together a "dream band" comprised of many of my all-time favorite players. Not based ...

Alex Hitchcock has a lot of energy and a lot of ideas; four recordings have apparently left him in no danger of running out. Clearly it helps to have met plenty of friends and collaborators along the ...

Cathedral Bells is one of the latest projects of Matt Messore, who was an early member of You Blew It! and was later in Dear Tracks and Houseplants. It began as a solo bedroom dream pop project but ...

Dream Theater are currently out on their 40th Anniversary tour and during a chat with Full Metal Jackie for her weekend radio show, frontman James LaBrie shared the secret to the band's longevity.