Rick Johnson These Female Mexican Guitarists Differ In Style, But All Are Electrifying! Historically, many areas of instrumental music, especially the guitar, have been heavily male-dominated. But today, these Mexican women...
Rick Johnson Johnny Mathis: Legendary Voice Of Velvet & Ruler The Croon The iconic king of the romantic ballad has been recording and packing concert halls for more than sixty years, and he's still going...
Rick Johnson Ella Fitzgerald's Magnificent Musical Collaborations The 'First Lady of Song' is not only widely considered the greatest female jazz singer of all time in her own right, but her...
Rick Johnson The Streets We Live On We're more globally connected now than ever before, but we also have unique streets we call home. Let's explore what happens when global...
Rick Johnson Bagpipe Jazz! With Gunhild Carling, That's Just The Warmup! This is one of the hardest working musicians out there! Playing an amazing range of instruments with high-energy virtuosity, this Swedish...
Rick Johnson 'Miss Jazz': A Painter Of Songs, Transcendent At The Keyboard Carmen McRae was one of the great jazz singers, finding the tender, warm, or heartache depth in the songs she wrote and performed. An...
Rick Johnson Bettie Mae Fikes: The "Voice Of Selma" And Singing For Freedom Ever Since Known as "the Voice of Selma," Bettie Mae Fikes became a Civil Rights Movement activist at age 15 and never looked back. Her powerful...
Rick Johnson Dinah Washington: 'Queen Of The Blues' And So Much More Between 1946 to 1961 Dinah Washington dominated the jukeboxes and was probably the most popular R&B singer of the time. As she put it, "I...
Rick Johnson A Musical Tour Of The Globe. What Do You Want To Hear? Go There. When it comes to crossing cultural divides and creating connections across the globe, nothing is more unifying than music. Explore some...
Rick Johnson Lovie Austin: Stellar Blues/Jazz Composer, Pianist, And Bandleader Now nearly forgotten, Lovie Austin was a founding talent of the Golden Age of Jazz and leader of her own band, the Blues Serenaders,...
