Organizers unveil the lineup for the 10th annual Winnetka Music Festival, featuring headliners Father John Misty and Trombone Shorty.

Muskogee native Mike Hitt pursues his passions indoors and outdoors. Hitt said he came from a musical family and took piano lessons at a youngster. He learned about band as a sixth grader at Cherokee ...

Rita Payés, was born in 1999 in Vilassar de Mar (Barcelona). She has lived Music with intensity and proximity since she was a child (her parents are musicians) and began studying at the School of ...

New Orleans musician Troy Andrews aka Trombone Shorty founded the Trombone Shorty Foundation to support young musicians in the city in the wake of Katrina. The foundation provides music education, ...

In January 1957, Jay Friedman walked into Orchestra Hall for the first time. He was a gangly teenager with a passion for the euphonium. His band director at Hyde Park High School had bought him a ...

NEW ORLEANS (press release) – The Trombone Shorty Foundation has announced that the Trombone Shorty Academy is now open for 2025/26 registration. A free after-school program for New Orleans youth ages ...

Ska heads have been waiting for this: A trombone emoji is imminent. The Unicode Consortium, a nonprofit foundation that upholds the Unicode Standard, announced the approved 2025 list of emoji. Other ...

The low, brassy rumble of a few hundred trombones will echo across Western University this week as musicians from around the world gather for the International Trombone Festival. Hosted in Canada for ...

Trombone Shorty's star just continues to rise. The iconic trombonist has been dazzling crowds since he was four years old, but the Orleans Avenue frontman has turned the page into global stardom in ...

Out MSNBC news anchor Rachel Maddow gleefully mocked Donald Trump for his latest scandal involving Serbian real estate, Jared Kushner, and a forged document. Maddow explained to viewers that Serbian ...

Trombone Shorty, real name Troy Andrews, launched the Trombone Shorty Foundation in 2011 with executive director Bill Taylor. Together with an esteemed group of staff, the duo collaborate to ensure ...

Vatican City, May 8, 2025 — Before ascending to the papacy as Pope Leo XIV, Robert Francis Prevost led a surprising double life: acclaimed theologian by day, and celebrated jazz trombonist by night.