Scott Joplin was an early musician who transformed much of the landscape of popular music in the early 1900s. Though many details of his short life are uncertain, his impact on early American music is ...

Ragtime duo Cherry and Jerry took an audience back in time as they performed early Blues music Sunday at Missouri River Regional Library. Heads were swaying and feet were stomping as the piano and ...

Max Morath, a famed ragtime musician and guest pianist at the Strater Hotel during the 1960s in Durango, died Monday, June 19, at an assisted living center in Duluth, Minnesota. He was 96. Born Oct. 1 ...

As this quirky little novel begins, it is August 1916 and black composer Scott Joplin, the King of Ragtime, has fallen on hard times. His glory days are long past. He’s living in Harlem and is ...

If there was ever a perfect match for a speaker and an audience, it was when Rick Benjamin spoke to the Canterbury Historical Society at their March 11 meeting. The independent scholar and historian, ...

The life-altering moment for Mark Nuismer occurred 30 years ago when the teenager heard someone play "Maple Leaf Rag" at his Salt Lake City high school. "It was so hard, I thought I'd never be able to ...

Scott Joplin was an early musician who transformed much of the landscape of popular music in the early 1900s. Though many details of his short life are uncertain, his impact on early American music is ...

You hear the word “ragtime” and you might think old, like a hundred years old. But Kylan DeGhetaldi is having none of that. In his view, ragtime is the sound of young America. “We have 20 solo ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State’s spring celebration for music lovers—the Charles H. Templeton Ragtime & Jazz Festival—is making its return to the university for a 16th year. The festival is March ...

The two Greene brothers of Arnold are like yin and yang. Their parents, Brent and Debbie Greene, can easily tell them apart. Adam Greene, 19, a 2013 Broadneck High School graduate, is a business major ...