John Boulter, who has died aged 94, was a tenor best known for his role in the BBC’s long-running, award-winning blackface ...

American musician Randy Sparks, best known as the founder and driving force behind the beloved New Christy Minstrels, passed away at the age of 90 on February 11 in San Diego. His son, Kevin, ...

One by one, troupes of thousands of minstrels filled the streets of Cape Town on Monday, marching, dancing, and dazzling ...

Medieval traveling minstrels often journeyed hundreds of miles by foot to conferences to learn new songs. Liza Malamut, artistic director of The Newberry Consort, has joined forces with Allison Monroe ...

The spirit of the Brandywine Minstrels is being revived in a Christmas special aimed at raising money for needy families in the Kutztown area. The minstrels, who performed annually at Brandywine ...

The New Christy Minstrels aren't exactly new. In fact, the group that helped spread folk music to the masses in the 1960s is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Now eight members strong and ...

The shows have become almost a tradition of sorts that music lovers now look forward to year after year. Each year, on Valentine season, the soloists of the ’70s show band The New Minstrels get ...

Virginia has always had a weakness for minstrelsy, but the current epidemic of low officials in high places auditioning as lovers and blackface minstrels is something almost new. So far, the players ...

There was a time during the ’70s when the nightlife of the trendy upscale Pinoy revolved entirely around the clubs on Roxas Boulevard. The moneyed businessmen went to Bayside or Eduardo’s while the ...

Randy Sparks, the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter and founder of the folk music group the New Christy Minstrels, died Feb. 11 at an assisted-living facility in San Diego. He was 90. His son, Kevin, ...