With his acclaimed interpretations of Delta Blues standards, he was a fixture on the Greenwich Village music scene for ...

From parks to cafes and clubs, the City is home to spots that have inspired artists of all types for centuries — none more so ...

Admittedly, Leonard Cohen wasn't really a Beatles fan as he felt completely indifferent about the group, however, there was ...

The other big influence, on the last two members of the family at least, was the absence of a loving father figure ...

Legendary blues singer and guitarist John Hammond has died aged 83, ending a six-decade career dedicated to preserving and performing traditional blues music.

A businesswoman and philanthropist, Jorie Butler Kent ran the Oak Brook Polo Club and befriended England’s now-King Charles ...

This year, two arena-filling artists returned to the older civic function of song. Bruce Springsteen’s “Streets of ...

Isamu Noguchi became one of the most successful artists of the 20th century, but the city met his plans for public spaces ...

South Beach began its transformation in 1970 when the Latins started coming and the Jews stayed away. The redevelopment moratorium brought the neighborhood to a standstill in 1973, leaving small ...

As one of New York’s oldest neighborhoods, dating back to the end of the 17 th century, Greenwich Village had, since the 19 ...

Regime change might seem straightforward at first. Not so fast, says history. At least when the United States is involved.

In the West Village and other historic neighborhoods, buyers are consolidating apartments and combining townhomes, a sign of ...