Somehow, the 1940s are almost a century away. The decade, which saw the world go to war for a second time and the fall of the German Nazis, was also an exhilarating time for music. In some ways, it ...

Folk music might have reached its peak mainstream popularity in the 1960s, but without the groundwork laid by the music of the 1940s, the folk revival in musical hubs like New York City in the 60s ...

The 1980s ushered in the era of MTV music videos. But decades earlier in the 1940s, there were short music films called Soundies. KJZZ's Jill Ryan looks at how Soundies brought Black performers to the ...

The score that Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross composed for HBO’s limited series “Watchmen” could be boiled down to this: It was the most Nine Inch Nails of times, it was the least Nine Inch Nails of ...

When Eugene Czerniejewski died in January 2021, a singing act was born. Although his daughter Sandy Barry and granddaughter Mandy Barry had sung together for years, their act took on a new aspect as a ...

One day, while living in Los Angeles earlier this year, Mon Laferte jumped in her car, rolled down the windows, and began to drive through Malibu. She had the music turned all the way up and she felt, ...

The event relives the wartime era with a weekend of singing, historical vehicles and vintage traders.

For some, it's the swing music. For others, it's the chance to dress up in period 1940s clothing. And for history buffs, it's a chance to soak in some World War II atmosphere. The city of Frederick's ...