Singer/actress Renée Elise Goldsberry dishes on "Hamilton," her stylistically diverse new album and French fries for USA TODAY's The Essentials.

Oteil Burbridge and surprise guest Mike Gordon connected for a bass duel during Sunday's Jerry Garcia symphonic celebration at Red Rocks.

It’s so special to be in Washington, the place where the first US President’s ancestors lived,” say the cast of Hamilton as they visited Washington Old Hall.