*This, in part, is the story of Jay and the Americans, but it is much more than that. It is about the history of street music. Music is one of the only methods by which we mere mortals can truly time ...
SARATOGA SPRINGS — The stage of Universal Preservation Hall became a throwback to a simpler time when the Under the Streetlamp quartet presented an evening of doo-wop and provided a transcendental ...
Doo Wop music, with its smooth harmonies, heartfelt lyrics and nostalgic vibe, continues to captivate audiences decades after its golden era. With roots in the African American vocal traditions of the ...
The Doo Wop Project is on a mission to bring classic street corner harmonies to a new generation. The group preserves and expands the genre of Doo Wop, which laid the foundation for rock, pop, R&B, ...
Filmmaker, DJ, and music scholar Beverly Lindsay-Johnson had an idea around a year ago: Create a pop-up museum to display photos and memorabilia of 1950s doo-wop musicians that have sat in her Fort ...
Billy Strings and Sierra Ferrell, 2023 and 2024's Americana Honors & Awards-winning Artists of the Year, share a background as street-busking musicians who played for tens to hundreds of dollars daily ...