This isn't all I have learned from the greatest vocal improviser to ever walk the planet...but it might be the most important lesson I've picked up from years of studying what he has done.

Vocalist extraordinaire Lisa Fischer was sharing a bill with Ranky Tanky the first time she heard the band play. “Quiana ...

Sometimes I try and see if I can sing a song with no accompaniment and cover all of the harmony myself. This idea follows the ...