John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie, along with Charlie Parker, ushered in the era of Be-Bop in the American jazz tradition. He was born Cheraw, South Carolina, and was the youngest of nine children. He ...
Sitting with Christopher Voelker as he discusses the various forms of jazz that he loves is akin to taking a class in the subject, but with coffee and no test at the end. Over the course of an hour ...
A few months ago, with hot tears stinging my eyes, I told a person I loved in a hungry sort of way that I hated them for destroying me. "I hope I haunt you forever," I texted him with my heart in my ...
“Nothing new to report; just it’s all doom and gloom over here still,” lead singer Katie Munshaw of the indie-pop band Dizzy joked about her forthcoming music in a conversation with the Daily last ...
With a freshly realized frontal lobe and a near decade in the music industry in hand, Dizzy Fae is ready for her first festival performance at ACL Weekend Two. Building an intentional, genre-fluid ...
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... When the concert to celebrate the centennial of jazz legends Dizzy Gillespie and Ella Fitzgerald is billed in part as 100 Years, 1,000 Memories, it feels ...
Katie Munshaw is the most herself she's ever been in her music. All it took to remove a well-worn metaphorical mask was putting on a real one. "This is something I've always been really uncomfortable ...
Dizzy Wright checks in to debut a brand new video for his single “Promoter” featuring rap legend B-Real and Man Like Devin! Dizzy Wright is one of the pioneers of stoner rap, which is exactly why his ...
Dizzy Gillespie towers over the history of jazz, a true giant among his peers. Over a lengthy and successful career he spearheaded two major jazz movements and played with virtually everyone of note.
Rapper Dizzy Wright is set to release his new album Dizzyland on April 15th. This album release follows the success of his 2020 release My Hustle Unmatched and the 2021 release of Slidin' and Glidin' ...
At first blush, Bly Wallentine's music over the last year comes across as quite wild, from 2020's the purpose of dancing to their newest album, the July 24-released dizzy giant. On both albums, ...