Far too often, history is perceived through a lens of minimizing the problems of the present. According to George Santayana,…
Pablo Picasso once noted that “Without great solitude, no serious work is possible.” In music, artists can converse in ways…
As artificial intelligence increasingly disrupts our ordinary lives, there is an ongoing concern about how the new technology will impact…
We continue our conversation with Terry Gibbs (read part one here), with a discussion of the intersection of Jewish music…
Since 1982, the National Endowment for the Arts has bestowed its Jazz Master award to living legends of the music.…
Poet T.S. Eliot once noted, “People exercise an unconscious selection in being influenced.” Although one can feel the impact left…
In a recently published piece titled "19 Critically Acclaimed Albums That Nobody Actually Listens To," writer Victoria Omololu attempts to…
In September of 1939, only weeks after Hitler invaded Poland, a 100,000 Imperial Japanese force converged upon the city of…
When viewed in the abstract, imagination is a very strange thing. A world that emphasizes logical reasoning would seemingly make…
There is something mysterious about a river. As Eartha Kitt noted, “The river is constantly turning and bending and you…