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Jazz The Freedom Affair to release a bluesy, self-titled sophomore album on May 9 Read More » Nina Cherry May 8, 2025
Jazz Pianist, singer and composer Jackie Myers to release an experimental jazz album Read More » Nina Cherry April 16, 2025
Arts & Entertainment Twelve Things To Do In KC This Weekend, April 3—6 Read More » Nina Cherry April 2, 2025
Jazz Vocalist Lucy Wijnands to perform with the Kansas City Jazz Orchestra Read More » Nina Cherry March 13, 2025
Arts & Entertainment Nine Things To Do In KC This Weekend, March 6—9 Read More » Nina Cherry March 5, 2025
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Arts & Entertainment Fourteen Things To Do In KC This Weekend, December 19–22 Read More » Nina Cherry December 18, 2024
Arts & Entertainment Twelve things to do in KC this weekend, December 5–8 Read More » Nina Cherry December 4, 2024
Arts & Entertainment Twelve Things To Do In KC This Weekend, November 14-17 Read More » Molly Higgins November 13, 2024
Jazz KC singer-songwriter Trevor Turla to make his international performing debut in Mexico City this December Read More » Nina Cherry October 15, 2024
Arts & Entertainment This St. Louis Music Festival Is Worth The Drive Read More » Nina Cherry September 11, 2024
Arts & Entertainment Singer Broderick Jones Is Set To Release A Christmas Album This Winter Read More » Nina Cherry September 10, 2024
Arts & Entertainment Ten Things To Do In KC This Weekend, August 22-25 Read More » Molly Higgins August 21, 2024
Jazz Three performances honoring Charlie “Bird” Parker’s legacy this month Read More » Nina Cherry August 6, 2024
Arts & Entertainment Funk rock band Friendly Thieves to take the stage at Boulevardia this month Read More » Nina Cherry June 12, 2024
Arts & Entertainment Trombonist and rapper Kadesh Flow to release new single, “I Can” Read More » Nina Cherry April 12, 2024
Arts & Entertainment KC’s American Jazz Museum’s new Director Dina Bennett talks about the future. Read More » Nina Cherry March 22, 2024
Jazz Vocalist Julie Turner reflects on her six-decade long career. Read More » Nina Cherry February 26, 2024
Jazz Thirty years after moving to Kansas City, swinging jazz pianist Bram Wijnands is constantly evolving. Read More » Nina Cherry January 13, 2024
Bar Guide KC’s notorious prohibition-era speakeasies are making a comeback, but this time, no passwords are required. Read More » Rachel Layton January 1, 2024
Arts & Entertainment Organist Chris Hazelton releases his first swinging album in over a decade. Read More » Nina Cherry October 7, 2023
Jazz Jazz Saxophonist Matt Otto releases Umbra, his third album of the summer. Read More » Nina Cherry August 31, 2023
Jazz Grammy-award winning vocalist Samara Joy to headline Folly Theater’s Jazz Series Read More » Nina Cherry August 16, 2023
Jazz From Bel-Air to Boulevardia Songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jass is an artist to keep your eye––and ear––on. Read More » Nina Cherry July 14, 2023
Jazz Songwriting remains Americana legend Bob Walkenhorst’s passion Read More » Nina Cherry May 26, 2023
Jazz All that Jazz! Building a music community with an online jazz calendar, Live Jazz KC Read More » Nina Cherry May 5, 2023
Arts & Entertainment Local filmmaker sees his vision come to fruition Read More » Shawn Edwards April 24, 2023
Jazz Remembering Julia Lee’s KC legacy beyond her bawdy hits Read More » Nina Cherry February 27, 2023
Jazz Trumpeter Hermon Mehari returns to KC to headline the Folly Jazz Series Read More » Nina Cherry January 23, 2023
Jazz The iconic Marilyn Maye shares the secrets of her longevity and success Read More » Nina Cherry January 9, 2023
Jazz Marcus Lewis makes waves with his big band and hip-hop cross-over group Brass and Boujee Read More » Nina Cherry November 30, 2022
Things To Do 10 Things To Do This Weekend in KC, October 27-30 Read More » Molly Higgins October 26, 2022
Jazz The ‘We Always Swing’ series brings jazz’s big names to Columbia Read More » Nina Cherry October 24, 2022
Jazz New and unusual places to see live jazz in KC—including two grocery stores Read More » Nina Cherry September 28, 2022
Jazz Saxophonist Adam Larson is headline the Prairie Village jazz fest in support of a new album that pays homage to KC Read More » Nina Cherry September 1, 2022
Jazz Instagram-famous jazzman Xavier Foley moved to KC from Jersey to work on his own compositions Read More » Nina Cherry August 16, 2022
News Kansas City has been named the number-one ‘slow travel’ location in the world Read More » Olivia Augustine June 28, 2022
Jazz The Forgotten History of a Leading Lesbian Jazz Trumpeter Driven from KC Read More » Nina Cherry June 3, 2022
Jazz A recent trip to New York reminded me just how much Kansas City jazz has to offer Read More » Nina Cherry May 6, 2022
Arts & Entertainment 7 Things To Do This Week In KC: March 11-13, 2022 Read More » Kansas City Magazine Team February 20, 2022
Jazz Ça Va, Westport’s French wine bar, has become the city’s most intimate jazz club Read More » Nina Cherry February 1, 2022
Jazz Everyday Strangers has grabbed our attention with their ten minute “taste” of “psych jazz” Read More » Nina Cherry January 20, 2022
Jazz Why Margaret ‘Countess’ Johnson is a forgotten pioneer of Kansas City jazz. Read More » Nina Cherry December 2, 2021
Jazz Jazz vocalist Eboni Fondren learned to scat the hard way Read More » Nina Cherry September 9, 2021
Jazz ‘Jazz found him’: Remembering KC jazz luminary Everette DeVan Read More » Nina Cherry July 26, 2021
From the Editor The Kansas City we know today started taking shape in 1920 Read More » Martin Cizmar January 30, 2020
Jazz The of story of Jay McShann, Charlie Parker and the birth of the KC jazz era Read More » admin January 28, 2020
Calvin Arsenia recorded his new EP with legendary LA studio musicians Read More » Natalie Torres Gallagher August 21, 2019
