Chameleon: Herbie Hancock Adapts to Lyrics Chameleon: Herbie Hancock Adapts to Lyrics
On River: The Joni Letters Herbie Hancock and Joni Mitchell make a remarkable collaboration.
Feb 18, 2009 / Books & the Arts / David Yaffe
Rock for Barack Rock for Barack
A concert unlike any Washington has seen unfolded Sunday at the Lincoln Memorial, expressing the hopes and dreams of a nation on the cusp of enormous change.
Jan 19, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Corbin Hiar
Jazz Is?: A Power Stronger Than Itself Jazz Is?: A Power Stronger Than Itself
A new book on the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians looks at jazz as a power stronger than itself.
Jan 15, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Franklin Bruno
Eartha Kitt: An Anti-War Patriot Eartha Kitt: An Anti-War Patriot
Forty years ago, America’s cultural icons expressed the frustration of the American people with the failure of then-President Lyndon Johnson to end this country’s undec…
Dec 26, 2008 / Blog / John Nichols
Ives’s Ears: Charles Ives Reconsidered Ives’s Ears: Charles Ives Reconsidered
In songs, symphonies and sonatas, Charles Ives furnished America's musical past with a future.
Dec 17, 2008 / Books & the Arts / David Schiff
Listening to Odetta Listening to Odetta
Her voice a force of nature and her theatrical sense undimmed, Odetta-made music of extraordinary compassion, intuition and grace.
Dec 4, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Bruce Shapiro
The Kingston Trio and the Red Scare The Kingston Trio and the Red Scare
The death of Nick Reynolds, one of the Kingston Trio, last week at 75, provoked fond memories of one era and painful reminders of another.
Oct 14, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Peter Dreier and Jim Vrabel
The Relentless Activism of Tom Morello The Relentless Activism of Tom Morello
The Rage Against the Machine guitarist recounts his raucous RNC protest and explains his inspiration for melding politics and popular music.
Sep 16, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Z.P. Heller
Nixon Dirty Trickster on McCain Team Nixon Dirty Trickster on McCain Team
The man instrumental in a White House move to deport John Lennon in 1972 now heads McCain's transition team.
Sep 15, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Jon Wiener
Amy Winehouse and the (Black) Art of Appropriation Amy Winehouse and the (Black) Art of Appropriation
Just about the only thing Amy Winehouse hasn't repackaged from the black music archives is the one thing she could use: a lesson in Motown etiquette.
Sep 10, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Daphne A. Brooks