music
Expressions of African-American music on CD—and all that jazz
March 7, 2022Jazz is widely recognized as perhaps the only musical art form originating in the United States, thanks largely to its African-American inventors.
Read moreFor African-American History Month: Three vocal CDs in review
February 14, 2022It seems like a very apt project for interfaith and interracial collaboration.
Read moreBlues singer Bessie Smith shines in a new novel in memoir form
January 7, 2022If Bessie Smith’s story itself is an American phenomenon worthy of recapitulating in any number of artistic forms, it’s as a writer that Crittendon shines.
Read moreTwo new CDs about life in America
December 2, 2021It’s almost as if the impulse to keep singing is what keeps us alive—and maybe it’s true.
Read moreTom Morello’s new song is anthem of solidarity with union workers
November 18, 2021In a time when seemingly more workers than ever are rising up and demanding humane pay and treatment, Morello’s new music may serve as the soundtrack to a labor mobilization the likes of which the U.S....
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