Dec 27 Watch 6:40 Mali’s Rokia Traoré mixes up musical influences for ‘Beautiful Africa’ Not even a ban on music could stop Mali-born Rokia Traoré from telling her stories through song. On her new album "Beautiful Africa," Traoré pays tribute to her native continent as well as other musical styles and languages from around… Continue watching
Dec 27 Singer-songwriter Rokia Traoré on why you can’t take music away from the people of Mali By Arts Desk EmbedVideo(8340, 514, 320); Listen to Traoré play "Sikey." Born in Mali to a diplomatic family, Traoré has traveled throughout the world, picking up pieces of herself along the way. That mix of origins is reflected in her music, which… Continue reading
Dec 27 The movies and television we watched in 2013 By Arts Desk Photo by Flickr user "when i was a bird" With the New Year approaching fast, we here at Art Beat are reflecting on this past year. On Thursday, we rediscovered all the great musicians we listened to… Continue reading
Dec 26 The musicians we listened to in 2013 By Arts Desk Photo by Flickr user Professor Bop As we quickly approach 2014, we can't help but reflect on our year at Art Beat. Over the next few days, we'll be looking back at some of our best stories of 2013, starting… Continue reading
Dec 24 How well do you know holiday movies? Take this quiz to find out. By Arts Desk When an attempt to restore the holiday spirit with a forlorn little Christmas tree fails, Charlie Brown needs Linus’ help to learn the real meaning of Christmas in 1965’s “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” Photo by ABC Photo Archives/ABC… Continue reading
Dec 24 A Poetic Odyssey: Dick Davis translates Hafez in “Faces of Love,” his new installment in a life dedicated to medieval Persian literature By Victoria Fleischer // Dick Davis spoke to PBS NewsHour chief arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown about his new book "Faces of Love: Hafez and the Poets of Shiraz." According to Dick Davis, Hafez is the poetry world's version of Bach. "People say… Continue reading
Dec 24 A Poetic Odyssey: Dick Davis translates Hafez in “Faces of Love,” his new installment in a life dedicated to medieval Persian literature By Arts Desk // Dick Davis spoke to PBS NewsHour chief arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown about his new book "Faces of Love: Hafez and the Poets of Shiraz." According to Dick Davis, Hafez is the poetry world's version of Bach. "People say… Continue reading
Dec 23 Weekly Poem: Dick Davis reads his translation of a 14th century Persian poem By Victoria Fleischer // As a young man, Dick Davis fell in love with Iran and ever since he has dedicated his life to bringing its culture to the west. "Its been a wonderful odyssey." Here he reads his translations of a poem… Continue reading
Dec 23 Weekly Poem: Dick Davis reads his translation of a 14th century Persian poem By Arts Desk EmbedVideo(8308); As a young man, Dick Davis fell in love with Iran and ever since he has dedicated his life to bringing its culture to the west. "Its been a wonderful odyssey." Here he reads his translations of a… Continue reading
Dec 21 Researchers measure increasing sexualization of images in magazines By Saskia de Melker Research reveals that sexual imagery has become more prevalent in popular culture during the last four decades. Are these images changing how we perceive women and men?… Continue reading