Annie Linders is an avid participant in the subculture of bike polo, an athletic pursuit that keeps her busier than fans of her musical pursuits may realize. “It’s probably the biggest thing that cuts ...

Dixieland jazz is the closest thing in American popular music to Johann Sebastian Bach. One of its chief characteristics, unusual in popular music, is counterpoint, or the combination of several ...

Q. Could you please help me locate recordings by an old Dixieland band led by Doc Evans? He played mostly in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area and had several albums out, but I can remember the name of ...

Hot and clear across the runways of Rome’s Ciampino airport last week came the brassy Dixieland chatter of Muskrat Ramble, swung by “The Roman New Orleans Band.” Teen-age Italian hepcats, backed by ...