The four swing classics below were moving massive audiences long before playlists and algorithms. These songs became massively popular simply because they filled dance floors and brought everyone who ...

The Western Swing Music Society of the Southwest is back in Lawton for its annual Hall of Fame Celebration.

This article originally appeared on Kveller. Printed in black and white and bigotry all over, Nazi official Hans Severus Ziegler’s brochure for his public exhibit in Dusseldorf featured an African ...

Discover how German teenagers used swing music, fashion, and defiance to resist the Nazi regime at great personal risk. The ...

Legendary band leader Bob Wills has been gone for half a century, but the music that he personified is still alive and kicking.

As recommended by DriverGuru in this thread, I've decided to take dance lessons, starting with swing.<br><br>But I need some good beginner swing music to practice against. What do you recommend? I've ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by A wave of viral videos highlight a style that participants call addictive and innovative. Descended from the Lindy Hop, it has few traditional markers ...

If you hear ghostly shouts of Bob Wills’ signature cry “Ah haaaa!” this weekend, don’t be surprised. The fifth annual Cowtown Birthplace of Western Swing Festival will call downbeat at noon Nov. 6, ...

For nearly a century, jazz musicians and scholars have debated the answer to a musical mystery. As legendary jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong once put it, "What is this thing called swing?" Swing has ...

Edenderry music artist Helen O'Dwyer, founder of the 'rat pack' era band, Frankly My Dear, will open for Luke Thomas and The ...