This week PBS premiers a moving four-hour series The Black Church: This is Our Story. This is Our Song , tracing the 400-year-old story of the Black church in America from its bedrock role in the resilience and survival of Black Americans
March 30, 2020Following the Ninth: In the Footsteps of Beethoven’s Final Symphony
April 10, 2017Tyehimba Jess has just won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry!
December 11, 2015There were many times when, despite all the stories about his ill temper and bad behavior, Sinatra wore a progressive, liberal heart on his sleeve.
September 4, 2015In honor of Labor Day, here’s a stab at the impossible task of naming the best songs ever written about working people.
July 4, 2015The musician has electrified Europe over the past several weeks with a series of concerts that have been as politically bold as they have been musically rich.
February 23, 2015The "Glory" musicians and other Academy Award winners used the pedestal to promote social justice.
December 18, 2014Who are the new Dylans, Public Enemys, Simones and De La Rochas of 2014?
June 19, 2014"You have to code-switch a lot. One day you’re the guest of honor, the next day you’re a peasant."
May 28, 2014For over a century, American activists have employed folk music as an instrument of change.
