For a new artist, a debut appearance on “Saturday Night Live” is a career milestone: an iconic show hedging the bet that you’re ready to go to the next level. What the artist does with that spot ...

When was the last time you played one of those shows? Uh, hold on a sec. [Marissa puts the phone down to talk to someone in the van.] We played with this band called Cheeky, recently. They played a ...

Jazz went to college back in the heyday of Dave Brubeck, when block chords and 5/4 time were considered way rad. It was the 1950s, and the screaming guitar had yet to strike. By Tony Gieske Jazz went ...