The Back Porch Swing Band will headline Artsbridge Summer Music Series from 6:30-8 p.m. Thursday at City Park. (Photo Provided) PARKERSBURG — The Back Porch Swing Band is the featured act this week at ...

There was considerable evidence last week that big brassy jazz bands would have to pipe down or go away. After twelve years in which swing has been king, the crown is now passing to the sweet. Said ...

Blues and jazz gave birth to swing music, and Colorado played a role in that development. The music was nurtured in the state by Glenn Miller, who began his musical exploration in Fort Morgan, as well ...

Swing bands, and the couples who moved across the dance floor to those popular tunes, ruled the roost in Westchester in the 1930s and 1940s, with hundreds of dancers showing up for a night out at Glen ...

If you hear ghostly shouts of Bob Wills’ signature cry “Ah haaaa!” this weekend, don’t be surprised. The fifth annual Cowtown Birthplace of Western Swing Festival will call downbeat at noon Nov. 6, ...

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One of New England's premier dance orchestras, the New Legacy Swing Band is a 17-piece powerhouse ensemble that has been thrilling audiences for over 30 years. Their repertoire spans the golden age of ...

Once upon a time, deep in the heart of Texas, siblings Hulda, Sophia and Grace Quebe all decided to pick up the violin and take lessons together at the behest of their mother, who wanted the girls to ...

The mirrored ball is softly spinning above the polished floor, and women are changing from flats into gold-lame’ heels. Other couples arrive in jeans and tennis shoes and stay that way, while two ...

An Oregon band is preserving the swing jazz tunes that brought a semblance of normality to the thousands of families trapped behind barbed wire at the Minidoka prison camp in Idaho during World War II ...

Swing along with the great music associated with the big band eras. The Lakes Area Swing Band will perform at Shepherd of the Prairie Lutheran Church in Huntley, on Saturday, July 19. Sponsored by the ...

WAIMEA — Club Kahilu Dance Night returns for an electrifying evening of swing, jazz, and big band classics at 7 p.m. on Saturday. The Big Island Swing Band, featuring Na Hoku Hanohano Award recipient ...