Jan 03 Watch 6:22 2020 in review: Summing up an unimaginable year By PBS NewsHour Hari Sreenivasan speaks with Christopher Booker about some of the most memorable stories he covered in what turned out to be an out-of-the-ordinary year: New York state’s first mobile COVID-19 testing site, the George Floyd protests in New York City,… Continue watching
Jan 01 Watch 8:18 Highlighting the best music of 2020, a year many live performances were silenced By Jeffrey Brown, Courtney Norris As with many things this past year, the typical live music scene was silenced. But there were creative attempts to provide entertainment breaking out all over, and recording artists put out new music that offered a wide range of options. Continue watching
Jan 01 MF DOOM, masked rapper known for complex lyrics, dies at 49 By Associated Press MF Doom, a masked rapper who awed hip-hop fans and fellow musicians with intricate wordplay, has died. He was 49. Continue reading
Dec 29 Maryland may repeal state song, a Confederate call to arms By Brian Witte, Associated Press "Maryland, My Maryland" was written in 1861 as a call to arms for the Confederacy. It refers to President Abraham Lincoln as a despot and urges defiance to the "Northern scum."… Continue reading
Dec 23 The 101 songs you turned to in 2020 By Joshua Barajas, Lizz Bolaji We asked our readers which songs helped them survive a strange and devastating year. Some tracks offered an escape. Some infused joy and despair. Continue reading
Dec 17 The songs we turned to in 2020 By Joshua Barajas, Lizz Bolaji Fifteen artists and authors share the songs they played again and again. Continue reading
Dec 07 Bob Dylan's catalog, a 60-year rock 'n' roll journey, is sold By Associated Press Bob Dylan’s entire catalog of songs, one of the great treasures in music history, has been acquired by Universal Music Publishing Group for an undisclosed sum. Continue reading
Nov 21 Watch 6:06 Art Garfunkel on Paul, music, and his legacy By Christopher Booker After so many years, shows, and questions about his relationship with his on again-off again musical partner, Art Garfunkel is telling his side of his story. Whether in his 2017 book “What Is It All but Luminous: Notes from an… Continue watching
Nov 15 Watch 7:39 'It's what I am designed to be:' Cindy Blackman Santana on her musical journey By Tom Casciato After decades in the business, Cindy Blackman Santana is out with her latest release “Give The Drummer Some” that defies categorization. NewsHour Weekend Special Correspondent Tom Casciato spoke with the iconic drummer about her musical journey and her collaborations with… Continue watching
Nov 11 Watch 5:44 Mississippi's Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram on a blues revival By Tom Casciato The blues is a quintessentially American art form, yet one whose early masters have mostly passed away. The genre relies on each succeeding generation to renew and reinvigorate it. In Clarksdale, Mississippi, 21-year-old guitarist Christone “Kingfish” Ingram is taking up… Continue watching