Read a short biography of John Muir's travels in the Americas and learn about the luminaries that paved the way for his philosophies of naturalism and preservation. John Muir in the New World airs April 18 on PBS (check local listings).
En la herencia formidable de la música cubana, nadie es más importante que el bajista por excelencia, Israel ‘Cachao’ López. Nació en 1918 en una familia de respetados músicos y maestros entrenados de forma clásica, y se convirtió en su más célebre exponente. Criado en ...
Read an essay by John Santos, Historian/Percussionist, on the life and formidable legacy of Cuban musician, Israel ‘Cachao’ López, and his unforgettable contributions to jazz.
Read an excerpt from the essay "Branded Man", originally published in 2003 by No Depression Magazine, about Merle Haggards music and the meaning we read into his songwriting.
Jerome Wilson Rabinowitz was born in New York on October 11, 1918 and raised in Weehawken, New Jersey. Deprived of a college education by the Depression, he began his career as a dancer in the experimental troupe of Gluck Sandor. George Balanchine cast him in ...
