An initial spin of Sacramento-based drummer Alex Jenkins' Black Bird—recorded by the Alex Jenkins Trio (AJT)—brings saxophonist Sonny Rollins' A Night At The Village Vanguard (Blue Note, 1958) to mind ...

With Black Bird Redemption Song, Sedrick Huckaby uses sculpture, drawing, and film to explore some important topics.

Bird song is beautiful and fascinating. I love hearing the first songs of returning lazuli buntings, western tanagers and Bullock’s orioles this time of year. And it’s fun to chase down some mystery ...

Song allows the bird to "speak" better than and other family of creatures. It is the perfect medium for communicating over long distances, or when it is hard to see the singer - and the audience: for ...

New research has provided fresh insights into how bird songs evolve over time, revealing a significant role for population dynamics in shaping song diversity and change. The findings are based on an ...

In my yard in Decatur the other morning, an unseen bird in a shrub belted out something that sounded like, “Drink your teeeee!” I knew immediately that it was an Eastern towhee. Then, a loud “cheerily ...