Richard Smith’s virtuoso finger-style guitar skill makes his six-string acoustic instrument sound like a miniature orchestra. Nonetheless, Smith plays well with others. A native of England, Smith ...

In the '70s Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) brought classical music to the foreground of the Woodstock generation releasing songs like "Roll Over Beethoven" and blending orchestral elements with rock.

Gypsy jazz — that wonderfully infectious style of music played in smoky Parisian jazz clubs and swanky dance halls during the 1930s and ‘40s — is making a comeback. The man who is credited with ...

Django Reinhardt has achieved an almost godlike status among those who love jazz guitar. When he and violinist Stephane Grappelli formed the Quintet of the Hot Club of France in 1934, they created a ...

Stephane Wrembel Trio specializes in the style of the Belgian-Romani guitarist known for popularizing “Gypsy Jazz.” Credit: Courtesy / Stephane Wrembel Trio Stephane Wrembel, one of the foremost ...

LANSDOWNE — Lansdowne Folk Club will present Americana infused gypsy jazz band Harmonious Wail at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 22 at the Twentieth Century Club, 84 S. Lansdowne Ave., Lansdowne. Doors ...

7 p.m. Friday. Meetinghouse Arts Gallery & Stage, 40 Main St., Freeport, $20 in advance, $25 at the door, $15 in advance for students, $20 at the door. meetinghousearts.org The sound of gypsy jazz ...

Robert Witmeyer has been a lifelong fan of Django Reinhardt, the Belgian-born guitarist and composer who is celebrated for raising “gypsy jazz” to a popular music form in the 1930s. This Saturday, ...

In the wake of the pandemic, when stages went dark and musicians were left without their creative lifeline, something ...

There’s a newcomer to the Coulee Region music scene with a sound that’s romantic, sophisticated, sentimental and swinging — all at the same time. Under Paris Skies is a trio that plays a genre of ...

I found Monti Eaton sitting on Fourth Avenue, singing away and playing on what appeared to be a mini-banjo, which I later found to be called a banjolele. He looked vaguely familiar to me, so I decided ...

Serenade Mom with gypsy jazz, low-down blues or party rock at one of the shows in Anacortes on the eve of Mother’s Day. On the smoother side is popular Seattle Gypsy Jazz band Pearl Django, which ...