Having discovered jazz in the late 1930s, I was on time for the big bands I heard on the radio from ballrooms and nightclubs around the country. I was lifted out of the Depression by the soaring ...

In 1930, the American Federation of Musicians formed the Music Defense League, which launched a $500,000 ad campaign, asking the public to petition for live musicians in lieu of “canned ...

Scott Siegel’s lovable concert series opens another time capsule in an episode that celebrates the music of the 1930s, when songwriters such as the Gershwins, R ...

Friday morning at 9:00, Classical New Orleans will present a full hour of music from the 1930s. You'll hear the first orchestral composition by Samuel Barber (1931); an early piano trio by Leonard ...

“The Sound of Music,” by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein came to be etched into the American psyche with legendary actress Mary Martin’s Broadway creation of the story’s Maria and ...

The comment seemed incongruous at the time as we were riding in his car, but my tennis friend said, “I like elevator music.” He gestured toward the car radio and noted “that’s the Beatles.” ...

Milwaukee Symphony wrapped up its festival of 1930s music with a program featuring five American composers. News Sports Packers Business Suburbs Advertise Obituaries eNewspaper Legals. ARTS.

The Great Depression wasn't just bread lines and soup kitchens. Some people actually made out pretty well during that era, which left its unforgettable stamp on American food, music and culture.

The Simpsons are going to MusicVille! The show has released this week’s opening couch gag a few days ahead of its Sunday airtime, and it’s a charming homage to the 1930s Disney cartoon ...

The story of popular music in Penang, the Malaysian island by the Straits of Malacca—from the 1930s to the 1960s—is, as co-authors Paul Augustin and James Lochhead graphically depict, a tremendously ...

SEQUIM — A band of singers has come together to revel in romance, cinema and sweet songs — for the second time around. Just a hint, now, of the musical numbers to fill the Dungeness Schoolhouse this ...

Hauer’s Music House In 1937 Hauer founded Hauer’s Music House at 34 E. First St. Originally a small basement studio, the store became the leading supplier of musical instruments across the region.