SPENCER — As the name suggests, the “Ole Friends Band” is just that, a group of friends who have been involved in music for most of their lives and have fun getting together to have jam sessions. The ...

Common Ground on the Hill presents a free, fun, community music get together on the First Wednesday of the month, except ...

Folk musicians are invited to play together informally during an acoustic jam session from noon to 1 p.m. Fridays, Aug. 14 and 28 and Sept. 11 and 25, at the Wyatt Deck on Arboretum Drive (formerly ...

Jazz—the real McCoy—has been defined as “collective improvisation.” The Pentecostal gift of tongues is most likely to descend on jazz musicians when they are not hampered by printed notes.

Cellist Harvey Wolfe is turning 85 this month, which is a pretty remarkable milestone. But rather than settle for a big cake and heart-felt birthday wishes from close friends and family, Wolfe has ...

While Charlie Kinberg was tuning his 12-string guitar Friday morning at the Isabella County Commission on Aging, he told his bandmates about his trip to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland.

Jam sessions are strange creatures. A friend recently told me a story about a session he went to in a private home where a visiting pianist had basically come loaded for bear and would not relinquish ...