Amiri Baraka, author of Digging, was a finalist for the Lifetime Achievement Award in Jazz Journalism from the Jazz Journalists Association (JJA). At its thirteenth annual awards ceremony last week, the JJA …
Read More >On June 4, Sophie Erskine of 3:AM Magazine interviewed Amiri Baraka about music, politics, the origins of his name, and controversial comments he has made in the past. Baraka is known as …
Read More >Marl Young, a pianist, music director, and author who helped desegregate L.A. musician unions died last Wednesday at the age of 92. The Los Angeles Times published an obituary this past Sunday. …
Read More >On April 30th, Brittany Shoot of Religion Dispatches, interviewed Eileen Luhr, author of Witnessing Suburbia: Conservatives and Christian Youth Culture (UC Press, January 2009). Below, are a couple of questions Luhr answered. …
Read More >Steve Waksman is Associate Professor of Music and American Studies at Smith College. He is the author of Instruments of Desire: The Electric Guitar and the Shaping of Musical Experience. In January …
Read More >The composer, author, theorist, teacher, and Pulitzer Prize winner for music, George Perle, died last Friday at the age of 93. The New York Times published an obituary this past Saturday. The …
Read More >Steve Waksman is Associate Professor of Music and American Studies at Smith College. He is the author of Instruments of Desire: The Electric Guitar and the Shaping of Musical Experience, and most …
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