E-mail a friendNovember 16, 2006
Dark Bargain author Lawrence Goldstone discusses the constitutional issues around slavery. Damien & Tourie Escobar - musical duo Nuttin' But Stringz - perform a track from their debut CD.
Lawrence Goldstone
Lawrence Goldstone
Lawrence Goldstone has written or co-authored nine books of fiction and non-fiction, including two critically acclaimed works of narrative history, Out of the Flames and The Friar and the Cipher. His novel Rights won a new American Writing award. With his wife, he's also written extensively about their book-collecting pursuits. His most recent book is Dark Bargain: Slavery, Profits, and the Struggle for the Constitution. Goldstone holds a Ph.D. in American Constitutional History.
Nuttin' But Stringz
Nuttin' But Stringz
Damien and Tourie Escobar from Nuttin' But Stringz tell about playing music on New York subway trains.
Brothers Damien and Tourie Escobar make up Nuttin' But Stringz. They first earned recognition by playing the New York subway trains - using violins to blend classical, jazz, R&B and hip-hop genres. They've since performed at the famed Apollo Theatre and released their aptly-named debut CD, 'Struggle from the Subway to the Charts.' Each discovered the violin in a 3rd grade public school music program. Initially drawn to the darker side of their Queens neighborhood, they ultimately returned to the music.