IOWA CITY - Steuart Pincombe was feeling pulled in too many directions as he carved out a music career abroad. So he and his wife moved back to the United States, packed up his cello, a few belongings ...

This is FRESH AIR. Chicago cellist Tomeka Reid was headed toward a career as a classical musician when she got drawn into playing jazz and improvised music. But she still loves the intimacy of chamber ...

My band Dirty Cello is a California band hitting Maryland for the first time. At our show we’re going to present an unbelievably high energy mix of blues, bluegrass, and rock all fronted by a cello.

Leah Greenblatt is the former critic at large for movies, books, music, and theater at Entertainment Weekly. She left EW in 2023. Today, Thao Nguyen’s collaboration with Justin Power and the Portland ...

Cellist Tomeka Reid was headed toward a career as a classical musician, but was drawn to jazz. Critic Kevin Whitehead says her band's new album, The Tomeka Reid Quartet, has good chemistry all around.