Paul Whiteman

Born in Denver in 1890, Paul Whiteman was raised in serious music by his father Wilberforce, director of music for the Denver Public Schools and the first teacher to organize an orchestra in an [...]

Chuck E. Weiss

For his offbeat blend of Americana, Chuck E. Weiss is regarded as one of the coolest cats on the Los Angeles creative scene. What he describes as “twisted jungle music”—inspirations that range [...]

Otis Taylor

Curiously, the 2002 winner of the prestigious W.C. Handy award (the blues equivalent of the Grammys) for Best New Artist was a 53-year-old man who began playing as a teenager in the 1960s. But [...]