Local jazz sensation Kimmie Horne’s family history comes from Hollywood royalty, including her great aunt Lena Horne, but her singing chops are in her DNA.

There’s no telling what Tammy Little Haynes is up to as you read this story, but she’s busy doing something. And whatever she’s doing, she’s doing it with happy banter, song and humor.

The choir Consonance gives the local premiere of “Here I Am,” a multimedia work drawing its text from 47 notable women.

In 1996, the nerdy prince of popular music parodies turned to gangsta rap and alternative rock to prove that his silly shtick ...