Author name: Mike Shaw

We’re pleased to announce that our Music Life & Times podcast ranks 48th on the Feedspot 2026 “100 Best Music […]

It was the 50th anniversary of not only the most enduring but the most popular TV entertainment program of our

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In anticipation of the 2025 Valentine’s weekend edition of the annual Emory University Jazz Fest, we talked with Gary Motley,

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In my novel, The Musician, my protagonist, Tom Cliffe, argues with an old college buddy named Stecky that his life

On Friday, November 15, the Red Light Café hosted a packed house for Vinnie D’Agostino and friends, the saxophonist supported