Music

From jazz to folk, Kansas City has a rich collection of music for this time of year. Music critic Bill Brownlee recommends adding these to your holiday playlist.

If you're looking for a soundtrack for the end of 2020, look no further than this playlist for the holiday season and the best new songs of the year by Kansas City artists.

It meant recording dozens of musicians one at a time — and airing out the studio for at least a day between each session — but Andrea and Marcus Lewis knew that this was the year the Christmas album had to happen.

Whether separated from loved ones or hosting a virtual dance party, music is filling a void for many.

Whether separated from a loved one or hosting a virtual dance party, music is filling a void for many of us.

With themes of isolation, Kevin Morby's "Sundowner" fits this pandemic time. But the album was actually written in 2017, when Morby had just moved back to Kansas City, Kansas, from Los Angeles.

Starting businesses during a global pandemic, and Kansas City's Kevin Morby releases new album.

Smarsh's new book, "She Come By It Natural," looks at how Dolly Parton's music gave a voice to working class women.

Choir and band teachers make adjustments for students during the pandemic, and bird populations are dropping in Kansas, Missouri and the rest of the country.

The TV network was "like the internet before anyone had the internet," said music researcher Brad Osborn, and its series of "buzz-worthy" music videos was an influential tastemaker.

A reform school in rural Missouri closes after allegations of abuse and neglect, how the local job market is responding to the coronavirus pandemic, one Kansas City university is rolling out a new academic department, and a retrospective analysis of MTV's video content in the 1990s.

An eclectic album has emerged from the Black Creatures' COVID-19 hunker-down routine.