Saxophonist Charles Parker Jr., born August 29, 1920, nicknamed "Bird" or "Yardbird," was one of the architects of bebop, a ...

Jazz guitar icon George Freeman passed away on April 1 at the age of 97. The celebrated musician had planned to mark his 98th birthday on April 10 with a series of concerts at Chi ...

Freeman was a staple of Chicago's jazz music scene – and played with contemporaries including Gene Ammons and Groove Holmes ...

Paul Whitington talks to the film’s director Colm Quinn Charlie Bird and Colin Murphy on a train in the documentary Ransom '79 Ransom '79 director Colm Quinn In the last two years of his life ...

Charlie Bird was a titan of Irish journalism. He never lost his grá for his job even towards the end of his life. He worked on one final documentary before his death in 2024. Now, Ransom ’79 will be ...

Ransom ‘79, a two-part documentary tracking veteran journalist Charlie Bird on his last investigation and quest for the truth following his diagnosis of Motor Neuron Disease in October 2022 is ...

At least $1.6 million in federal funds for projects meant to capture and digitize stories of the systemic abuse of ...

Charlie Bird's last case is a gripping story of a 1970's republican paramilitary threat to undermine Irish farming. The reader loyalty code gives you full access to the site from when you enter it ...