Last week, HD Radio smooth jazz station 103.7-HD2 The Oasis had been running a countdown on its Facebook page, leading up to a big announcement. This led to some speculation — in some cases, call it ...

Last month, the National Endowment for the Arts crowned four new NEA Jazz Masters, including Todd Barkan, a jazz advocate whose early interest in Latin jazz piano turned into a successful five-decade ...

Jon Pareles, the chief pop music critic for The Times, dipped into the flood of new music that has been released these past few weeks. Here are five tracks he recommends. Sade Adu, “Young Lion” The ...