Swing music host Bill Cartwright airs his final show Saturdy, Aug. 7. To use his favorite phrase, "it doesn't get any better than" Bill Cartwright. Cartwright, 85, big band swing music host and ...

Bob Wills was from Texas, born into a family with generations of skilled fiddle players. He was also influenced by the music his African-American friends sang in the cotton fields and later by ...

Once upon a time, deep in the heart of Texas, siblings Hulda, Sophia and Grace Quebe all decided to pick up the violin and take lessons together at the behest of their mother, who wanted the girls to ...

SwingTime got its start 40 years ago. The Cleveland big band is still playing -- and will hit Vosh in Lakewood on Tuesday. (Courtesy SwingTime) CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Just as swing music has enjoyed a ...

Blues and jazz gave birth to swing music, and Colorado played a role in that development. The music was nurtured in the state by Glenn Miller, who began his musical exploration in Fort Morgan, as well ...