Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Charlie Monk, an upbeat music industry networker and radio personality known as the Mayor of Music Row, died at home Monday ...

Without a doubt, there is nothing quite like the music of Thelonious Monk. The unconventional pianist created music that still flourishes today, marked by his percussive style, odd rhythmic patterns, ...

If legendary jazz musicians were collected together in one giant jigsaw puzzle and each musician was one piece—Thelonious Monk's individual piece would be impossible to cut out. As a singular artist, ...

It appears purely coincidental that Thelonious Monk’s posthumous Pulitzer Prize for music in 2006 came only two years before Bob Dylan was awarded a Pulitzer of his own. But these two very different ...

Charlie Monk, a long-time country music publisher who had a two decade career on SiriusXM satellite radio, died this week at the age of 84. News of his passing was confirmed by his family and first ...

Craft Recordings Reissues Sought After 1957 Thelonious Monk Mono Mix In 180-gram Vinyl, All Analog Remastered Original Jazz Classics Series. Thelonious Monk’s, November 1957 release titled Monk’s ...

Charlie Monk, a country music industry VIP and radio personality known affectionately by those who knew him as the "Mayor of Music Row," died at his Nashville home on Monday (Dec. 19), according to a ...

Pianist Pat Thomas performs the Thelonious Monk standard “Bye-Ya” with a delicate approach, as Joel Grip plays a standard ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) There’s something about Thelonious Monk that grabs you—not with force, but with curiosity. You lean in when he plays, like someone telling a ...

This month we celebrate the birthday of one of the truly unique personalities in jazz: Thelonious Monk. Born on October 10, 1917, Monk created a style of improvisation and a repertoire of compositions ...

Meredith Monk is one of the most vital American artists of the past 60 years. The 82-year-old New Yorker is a singer, composer, multi-instrumentalist, filmmaker, dancer and educator whose vast and ...

What does Alabama native Charlie Monk have in common with Merle Haggard, Alan Jackson and George Jones? As of last Thursday, the man known as “the mayor of music row” is one of nine recipients of the ...