Nobody just handed him that nickname. BornEdward Kennedy Duke Ellington on April 29, 1899, in Washington, D.C., he had that rare edge people spend their whole lives faking. He picked up the piano ...

April Clark starts every workday commute from Angier to Durham by tuning into “Get Up! Mornings With Erica Campbell,” a syndicated morning radio show that plays gospel music. “If I want something ...

You’ve heard Duke Ellington, but never like this. Richard DeRosa, Grammy nominee and professor of jazz arranging at the University of North Texas, co-produced an album of modernized works by Ellington ...

Aquatic-like clean guitar tones open up "The Duke" (which premiered at Rolling Stone) with a quick transition reigning in the more familiar elements that fans have come to expect from the metal icons.

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The FADER's "Songs You Need" are the tracks we can't stop playing. Check back every day for new music and follow along on our Spotify playlist. Could anyone have predicted Duke Deuce’s rockstar pivot?