Seattle’s Jessie Sawyers calls herself a visual musician. Her instruments are her tap shoes. “Tap can play that role as the percussion element. I have done a couple of gigs around town where literally ...

"I'm a tap dancer," said Jason Samuels Smith. "Some people would say a hoofer. Some people would say foot percussionist. Some people would say organic mathematician!" There are a lot of ways to ...

To ward off the cold of the evening, Shakee Dixon pulled up the hood of his new, bright-red sweatshirt, purchased with his earnings from Bourbon Street. “You like ...