Jun 17 Raphael Saadiq Revives Soul Sounds for New Album Music man Raphael Saadiq has gone from church choir to the R&B pop charts in the 1980s, and now back to his retro roots with new music that reflects the classic sounds of his youth. Continue reading
Jun 17 Watch Raphael Saadiq Revives Classic Soul Sounds for ‘Stone Rollin’ Artist Raphael Saadiq discusses his musical influences and his new album 'Stone Rollin.'… Continue watching
Jun 15 Watch Sri Lankan Government Accused of Human Rights Abuses Near Civil War’s End It's been just two years since some resemblance of peace returned to the island nation of Sri Lanka, with its 25-year civil war drawing to a close. But now, Britain's Independent Television News charges that government forces herded thousands of… Continue watching
Jun 15 Watch Skateboarding Becomes Catalyst for Change in War-Torn Afghanistan Skateboarding as Catalyst for Change in War-Torn Afghanistan… Continue watching
Jun 15 For ‘Chambergrass’ Group Crooked Still, Everything Old is New Again Music group Crooked Still goes back to old source material to create modern takes on traditional tunes by reworking instrumentation and lyrics. Continue reading
Jun 15 Watch Crooked Still Makes Old Songs New Watch a profile of the "chambergrass" group Crooked Still. Continue watching
Jun 14 Watch Broadway Holds Its Breath as ‘Spider-Man’ Musical Officially Debuts 'Spiderman' Musical Opens and Broadway Holds Its Breath… Continue watching
Jun 14 Rock Band Hot Tuna Returns to Recording For ‘Steady As She Goes’ Hot Tuna, the blues-rock band formed by members of Jefferson Airplane in the late '60s, has just released a new album for the first time in 20 years. Continue reading
Jun 14 Watch NewsHour Connect: Fronteras Examines the Drug War at Home Hari Sreenivasan talks to Alisa Barba and Michel Marizco of "Fronteras". Continue watching
Jun 13 Weekly Poem: ‘Doctor Frankenstein on Love’ Jeanne Wagner is the author of "In the Body of Our Lives" (2011, Sixteen Rivers Press). She has four previous collections of poetry, including "The Zen Piano-Mover," winner of the 2004 Stevens Manuscript Award. Continue reading