"Echoes" honors jazz tradition while slipping gracefully into a modern, oblique swing.

Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.

April Varner, a rising star in this new generation of female jazz singers—which happily seems full of them—pays homage to Ella Fitzgerald; John Pizzarelli’s recording is an early entry in the no-doubt...

The US and Iran are expected to formally sign a memorandum of understanding on June 19 in Switzerland, paving the way for 60 days of talks aimed at ending their war for good and putting strict new lim...

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7 years of free school lunches. 3 years of Medicare dental coverage. 2,000 Trump heads on Mt. Rushmore.

President Trump imposed sweeping global tariffs during his first year as president.

"Evolution" is a major statement from master musicians building on a strong tradition and taking it forward into our own generation with passion and elegance.

No president has ever forgiven this much fraud—or stiffed this many victims.

We’ve seen so many distressing images in the immigration enforcement onslaught in Minnesota.