A lot of them are brand-spanking new to their instruments ... Meeusen directs the West Michigan New Horizons Music Ensembles, and the swing band is a part of that group. Meeusen says she has ...

In the beginning… Swing music began in the 1930s ... The roots of the word “klezmer” mean “musical instrument” in Hebrew. As the Jewish population moved across the continent, its ...

The simple pleasure of swinging is one that most of us probably haven’t enjoyed in years. At the historic Convento Das Dominicas n the Portuguese city of Guimarães—itself a Unesco World ...

There's a whole other end of the store devoted to band-geek instruments ... need for more wattage outweigh the need to eat? At Swing City Music, the differential is less than you may think.

A paradox, maybe, that the instrument that brings all ... “that’s what gives the swing to the band.” By the 1950s, Latin music had become big business, so it’s no surprise the cowbell ...