Oxford American | Alvin Ailey Finds His Voice
S ometime during the early months of 1961, Alvin Ailey, a thirty-year-old African American …
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S ometime during the early months of 1961, Alvin Ailey, a thirty-year-old African American …
Cannabis growers are getting together three times a week to display and sell their wares at a showcase market in the New Paltz village parking lot.
Reverend Gary Davis (1896-1972), guitar virtuoso and folk-blues giant, moved from Durham, N.C. to NYC, where he struggled for years as a blind street singer and storefront preacher. An instructor at Brownie McGhee’s Harlem-based folk music school, Davis served as a mentor to a generation of acoustic players, including Happy Traum, Eric von Schmidt, Patrick Sky, David Bromberg and Bob Dylan.
Behind the most well-known names of the 1960s folk music boom are a host of others who did important work that shouldn't be forgotten.
When recreational marijuana was legalized in New York, visions of parties and smoke...