Among California’s most successful winemakers, Chris Carpenter is an anomaly. So is the wine he’s best known for making: Cardinale, a $400 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon not from one vineyard or even ...

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The Jacksonville Jazz Festival is moving again, this time to a parking lot near EverBank Stadium. Some big names will ...

Fronted by two of Boston’s most acclaimed trombonists and backed by a fantastic rhythm section, the classic jazz quintet ...

The California GOP picks a new leader at its annual convention. What to call the Athletics when they start playing in Sacramento. Finally, an update on CapRadio’s civil lawsuit against its ...

“I dreamed about being born in medieval times,” says composer Yelena Eckemoff. Yelena’s newest album is not a rendering of early-music tropes in modern jazz feels. Rather, in her writing on this album ...

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March 18, 2025 • World Cafe correspondent John Morrison reflects on the social and political impact of To Pimp a Butterfly.