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Nine years ago, in her "Love Letter to Black Folks," Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza discerned the signs of the time. She used soci...

The following list are examples of songs which a musician may consult in their memory in order to identify an interval (the musical "distance"...

The following list are examples of songs which a musician may consult in their memory in order to identify an interval (the musical "distance"...

John Hughes "Ferris Buellers Day Off," which came out on June 11, 1986, starred Jewish actors Jennifer Grey and Matthew Broderick.

Listening to History: Songs of the Civil War and What We Can Learn Throughout American history, our wars have either popularized or produced songs that remain familiar to us today. The American Revolution brought us many songs, but only “Yankee Doodle” has stood the test of time. Sung to an old tune and written originally as a song of English derision aimed at Americans during the French and Indian War, patriots of the Revolution took the song for their own, changed the words, and proudly p...

Stony the Road We Trod...Lifting Our Voices Celebrating the music of Dr. Roland M. Carter Dr. Roland M. Carter, conductor Maestra D’Walla Simmons-Burke, conductor Dr. Myron Brown, accompanist 3/26/17 (17) In an earlier column, I wrote about the importance of music in present-day worship services. In this column, the importance of music in ancient cultures will be noted, and African American spiritual and gospel music will be highlighted. According to a “Psychology Today” article, a bone f...

Photographer Carolyn Drakes latest book, "Knit Club," tells the story of a mysterious gathering of women in Mississippi.