The Fortuna Concert Series will present the Scotia Ragtime Band in concert at the Fortuna Monday Club (610 Main St., Fortuna) on Saturday. Tickets will be available at the door for $15. The concert ...

Moscow Ragtime Band is the highest caliber example of a traditional jazz ensemble specializing in that one and only, hot and energetic music born in New Orleans at the dawn of the 20th century. The ...

September 17th marks the 96th anniversary of the birth of the country-music icon commonly referred to as the “Hillbilly Shakespeare.” Hank Williams not only earned that distinction for the many ...

At the turn of the 20th century, ragtime music was all the rage. It was music to dance to as well as music to pass on oral traditions. Created by recently freed Blacks who couldn’t then read or write ...

Some people think that ragtime started with Irving Berlin’s Alexander’s Ragtime Band. Others, better informed, know that when Berlin’s song appeared (1911) ragtime had long since passed its peak.