Ruby Braff has been so good for so long that it’s easy to take him for granted. He suffers from what a friend of mine calls the "Zoot Sims Syndrome" a situation in which another great release is not ...

Ruby Ibarra, a Filipino-American rapper from the Bay Area known for her potent storytelling, made her debut on NPR’s Tiny Desk this week. Chosen among 7,500 entries from independent artists across the ...

Every Tuesday night, shortly after 9pm, a hush descends over a room upstairs in Doyle’s pub opposite Trinity College in Dublin. Against a ruby curtain backdrop, a performer begins to play their first ...