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Apollo Theater / Jay Blakesberg / Jeremy Lock / Ken Friedman / Chad Keig/The Kennedy Center HonorsThe award for lifetime artistic achievements will also recognize jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer Arturo Sandoval. The Apollo Theater will receive a special Honors as "an iconic American institution."
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The songleader, civil rights activist and scholar died Tuesday at the age of 81.
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Virtuosic pianist and composer Beethoven suffered from several debilitating ailments. A new study suggests lead poisoning may be at least partly to blame.
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Wynton Marsalis, Bryan Stevenson and a host of musicians release a record that captures the rhythm of life
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The Grammy-winning artist brings powerful cuts from her forthcoming album, No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin, as well as fan favorites, to this performance.
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The name of the great contralto and civil rights icon now lives above the doors to the grand hall in Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts.
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The alto saxophonist burst into her Tiny Desk Concert like a meteor breaching the atmosphere.
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What happened when the Cuban pianist Omar Sosa met with a Santería high priest? He found his life calling.
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About 25 years ago, the acclaimed cellist asked a high school student to help him name his instrument. He brings his cello — aka "Petunia" — to the Fresh Air studio for music and conversation.
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Faliks draws from her Ukrainian-Jewish heritage and Mikhail Bulgakov's anti-censorship novel The Master and Margarita for a new album.
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The adult contemporary star, who became a reluctant giant of smooth jazz in the 1980s, died on Sunday after a six-year battle with prostate cancer.
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The 86-year-old Kyiv native, living in exile in Berlin, has a new album of symphonic works that explores the idea of reminiscence.