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Sheryl Rouse and backup singers preform on stage for The 2025 Winter Jazz Blues & Soul Series on Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, at the Lyric Theatre & Cultural Arts Center in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Sophia Isaacs | Staff

‘A home for artists,’ the Historic Lyric Theatre’s Winter Jazz, Blues and Soul Series honors the past

Sammy Wynn, Reporter March 3, 2025

The Historic Lyric Theatre hosted the fifth iteration of the Winter Jazz, Blues and Soul series, a free event that invited the entire community to watch live music. The event, held on Thursday, Feb....

Illustrated by Tessa Kasman.

Jazz vs. elevators: More than easy listening

Aidan Dillard-Hijikata, Reporter November 3, 2024

“Tragedy has befallen a national monument; a treasure of the musical world is nothing to you but ambiance!” I dramatically, if a bit sarcastically, exclaim to my girlfriend.  Mere seconds earlier,...

Illustration by Akhila Nadimpalli

Maybe I’m just old-fashioned

Quézia Arruda Cunha, Reporter October 4, 2023

We live in a digital world where the new is always placed on a sacred pedestal. With the advent of new social media platforms, music has become remixed productions adapted for 60-second dances. We...

A UK Lab Band saxophonist plays into the microphone during the Jazzy Valentine’s Concert on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023, at Singletary Center for the Arts in Lexington, Kentucky. At the concert, both the UK Lab Band and UK Jazz Ensemble performed. Photo by Carter Skaggs | Staff

A Jazzy Valentine: UK Jazz Ensemble celebrates Valentine’s Day

Liberty Gilbert, Reporter February 16, 2023

The College of Fine Arts put on a Jazzy Valentine’s Day performance at Singletary Center for the Arts on Tuesday, Feb. 14. The University of Kentucky's Lab Band opened the concert with a performance...

The Blackfoot Gypsies latest album "To The Top!" features a Rolling Stones-esque blend of rock and blues along with country, soul, jazz and Americana influences.

Blackfoot Gypsies bring old vibes to new album

Matt Wickstrom April 19, 2017

At a time when people are reverting back to the age of classic rock, blues and old-time country, Nashville’s Blackfoot Gypsies bring a refreshing update to the genres with their third studio record “To...

Students score free pre-Valentine’s Day jazz show

Jefawn Evans February 12, 2016

UK students celebrated Valentine’s Day early with a free jazz concert Thursday night at the Singletary Center.Director of jazz studies Miles Osland and UK’s own jazz ensemble put on “A Jazzy Valentine...

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