For performers like Wayne “the Train” Hancock, the road is life. The Texas-based singer-songwriter has carved out a living in music through years of relentless touring, taking his throwback brand of ...

A master of the kora who worked with Herbie Hancock and Philip Glass, his career was powered as much by experimentation as by reverence for tradition. By Giovanni Russonello The 1973 album proved that ...

Don't let the annoying jibber-jabber of announcers or a deluge of car commercials wreck your game. Turn the sound down and listen to these ten great jazz tracks as you watch your favorite NBA or ...