The late music critic Nat Hentoff first told us the story more than two decades ago when we were making a television series for public broadcasting on the history of jazz. Then, years later ...

The idioms of free jazz and fusion are perpetually controversial. The Ken Burns PBS documentary Jazz, which codified a certain narrative of jazz history in the public imagination, did what it ...

A Paris street musician, he formed the Lost Wandering Blues & Jazz Band; it became Madeleine’s world at ... We chat some about his involvement with Ken Burns’ Country Music series and his own Congress ...

Documentarian and New Hampshire resident Ken Burns is almost ready to release his new series, a six-part, 12 hour show on the ...

One was a filmmaker, the other a scholarly adviser (who sometimes appeared on camera), and the two became close friends, ...

Renowned filmmaker Ken Burns will preview his new docuseries “The American Revolution“ at Altria Theater on Sunday, March 23.

That country is China. Nick Schifrin spoke with Ambassador Nicholas Burns, the man who had a front-row seat, and helped manage, U.S.-China relations for the Biden administration. For four years ...

The series will be distributed internationally by PBS International. The American Revolution is a production of Florentine Films and WETA Washington, D.C. It was directed by Ken Burns, Sarah ...

As with any subject, history can be explored in a number of ways. In high school and college, students might study it through ...

Ken Nordine was an American voice artist, poet, and musician, best known for his work in the genre of "word jazz," a unique blend of spoken word, jazz, and experimental music. Born on April 29, 1920, ...