Music

With the release of their second EP Our Dying Resolution, Engine Fire now plays “dad rock,” but it’s still raucous and pounding with energy.

First Take featuring Rick Metz is a staple in the Reno music scene, drawing from years of experience and the ability to adapt.

Musician and singer Lily Baran’s music and politics don’t always mix, but on her latest “For the Love of Jazz” set she combined the two.

For duos like Bias and Dunn there are opportunities to perform their music live, but it’s not always easy based on COVID-19 restrictions.

Jazz education has taken major leaps in northern Nevada over the past three decades, including the annual Jazz in the Schools.

Students in Billinghurst Middle School’s strings orchestra stole the show at the school district’s 2021 State of Education presentation.

Guest contributor Chuck Reider celebrates a year of improvisation — in both jazz and life — and shares a holiday story.

This is part two of a two-part story on Brazilian music and its influence on an arrangement in Reno Jazz Orchestra’s Earth, Wind, and Fire recording project.

Let’s take a trip to Brazil by focusing on one arrangement to be featured on the Reno Jazz Orchestra’s (RJO) Earth, Wind, and Fire recording project.

The Mentor Program brings a professional jazz musician to the band room to work with school jazz bands. The workshop teaches jazz improvisation mostly by ear to develop that skill.