Enslaved Africans seeking to reconnect with their lost cultural traditions brought African concepts to instruments in the ...

joining together to tell a complicated American story, one song at a time. Well, you know, the way I define country music is, first of all, I call it “Country Western” music. It’s the music ...

All we need is a new series like Deadwood and we’re in business. Maybe one more Clint Eastwood-directed Western, since Unforgiven remains one of the best in the genre. But I digress. I’m here ...

as well as concerts in prestigious American venues such as the Kennedy Center and Carnegie Hall. The Quintet is a resident faculty ensemble in the School of Music at Western Michigan University.