Mar 28 Will America ever idolize K-pop? By Joshua Barajas K-pop is a multi-billion dollar industry. It may not get much radio airplay in the U.S., but it asserts its dominance on YouTube and is bolstered by legions of fans around the world have helped propel the genre outside South… Continue reading
Mar 26 Watch 9:05 Reba McEntire on women in country music and returning to her roots By Amna Nawaz, Jason Kane She's a music and entertainment legend, star of movies, TV sitcoms and Broadway theater -- not to mention a retail mogul. Reba McEntire sits down with Amna Nawaz for a revealing chat about the changes she'd like to see in… Continue watching
Mar 25 Watch 2:17 A humble opinion on celebrating the good news instead of wallowing in the bad As a society, we often focus on the sad, the sordid and the sensational, including violence, abuse, political scandals, corruption and cruelty. But as writer Roger Rosenblatt points out, we can be more than passive consumers of these negative stories… Continue watching
Mar 25 Brooklyn rapper Leikeli47 wants you to step into her neighborhood -- 'walk-ins welcome' By Joshua Barajas There’s a duality about Leikeli47, withholding certain details about herself, including her given name and age, but staying open to talking about her experiences. Continue reading
Mar 23 Watch 6:32 Jazz festival highlights Haiti's contributions to the arts By Ivette Feliciano, Zachary Green News from Haiti is often about natural disasters and political crises, but the island nation is also home to a burgeoning arts scene. One of the biggest events recently held there was the Port-au-Prince International Jazz Festival, or PAPJAZZ. This… Continue watching
Mar 22 How female musicians amplify each other when the industry won't By Laura Santhanam While the exclusion of female artists, songwriters and producers has always been a reality in Nashville and beyond, some see it as having gotten worse in recent decades. Continue reading
Mar 21 Watch 6:23 A culinary tradition for the Persian new year By Jeffrey Brown Nowruz, the Persian holiday celebrating the new year, is observed in Iran and parts of Western and Central Asia. It marks the first day of the vernal equinox. Najmieh Batmanglij, author of eight cookbooks on Iranian cuisine that are widely… Continue watching
Mar 21 Watch 2:57 The blacklist that rising screenwriters want to be on By Steve Goldbloom Franklin Leonard is the founder of The Black List, a website that aims to connect potential screenwriters with filmmakers. The site allows users to upload their screenplays and earn ratings from the site’s community, with the possibility of seeing their… Continue watching
Mar 20 WATCH: 'Artists are our only hope,' T Bone Burnett says in critique of big tech By Joshua Barajas Award-winning producer, songwriter and musician T Bone Burnett made a fire-and-brimstone rebuke against big tech “surveillance capitalists” last week at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, saying Silicon Valley is destroying humanity. Continue reading
Mar 19 'Shame takes our bodies away from us': Read an annotated page from 'The Power' By Elizabeth Flock Though Naomi Alderman's "The Power" was written years before the #MeToo movement exploded, it explores similar themes of power dynamics in sexuality and the shame that sexual violence can leave behind. Continue reading