(ThyBlackMan.com) When I think about the roots of blues music—the raw honesty, the pain wrapped in poetry, the joy carved out of hardship—I think of Ma Rainey. Her voice was more than a sound; it was ...

MassLive readers made their voices heard and we listened. There are numerous songs about Massachusetts out there in existence. Did we make a list containing every single song? No. But we found some ...

Yo-Yo Ma, one of the world’s most renowned and beloved musicians, is trying to provide comfort in this time of crisis. Ma has been posting videos of himself performing short pieces and encouraging ...

On a certain level, it makes sense that the piece of music for which the celebrated cellist Yo-Yo Ma is best known also happens to be the very first song he learned how to play, at just four years old ...

For the full story, click here. Here & Now's Lisa Mullins speaks with cellist Yo-Yo Ma about "Songs of Comfort and Hope," the new album he's recorded with British pianist Kathryn Stott.