If you drive about an hour and a half north of Santa Fe, N.M., into a place called the Chama Canyon, you might hear the clanging of church bells in the distance. The Monastery of Christ in the Desert ...

It appears purely coincidental that Thelonious Monk’s posthumous Pulitzer Prize for music in 2006 came only two years before Bob Dylan was awarded a Pulitzer of his own. But these two very different ...

If you are familiar with John Beasley's MONK'estra, then you may understand my excitement level at the prospects of seeing and hearing his music in a live show. The brilliance of Thelonious Monk's ...

SOLANA BEACHSOLANA BEACH — It’s hard to get toddlers to sit still for very long, but on Wednesday morning, 20 preschoolers sat in rapt attention for nearly a half-hour watching Tibetan Buddhist monks ...

Drummer Chuck Bernstein, pianist Si Perkoff and bassist Sam Bevan —collectively known as Monk's Music Trio—have been playing the music of Thelonious Monk at the Simple Pleasures Café in San Francisco ...

Charlie Ballantine is acclaimed as one of the finest and most versatile young guitarists on the scene today. JAZZ TIMES MAGAZINE hails his playing as “teeming with intricate grooves and maniacal ...

Sometime between set one and set two, Thelonious Monk and his tenor saxophonist Charlie Rouse disappeared. Clearly, some industrial-strength pharmacology transpired during the intermission. Both ...

PILTON, England June 27 (Reuters) - A farm in rural England turned into a mini tent city on Thursday as fans flocked to Glastonbury, the world's largest open-air music festival, where megastars like ...

~ Some temples have introduced cafes, art galleries and other innovations to reach out to young people. TOKYO -- Japanese monks and nuns hit the catwalk in Tokyo on Saturday in a bid to spread ...

One of the quiet revelations of "Meredith Monk: The Recordings" (ECM New Series) is that Monk herself confides that it was Janis Joplin who set her –and her voice– free. The 13-CD set chronicles the ...