The Paris of Berlioz and Liszt
Writing in 1837, acclaimed German poet HEINRICH HEINE filed a report on 'the two most remarkable phenomena in the contemporary musical world,' i.e., BERLIOZ and LISZT.
David McGee
Chaotic, Angelic & Many Other Fine Things
A review of Sarah Alden's debut album, FISTS OF VIOLETS.
National Park Service Adopts New Healthy Food Standards; Online Organic Grocer Expands to Nine States
The NATIONAL PARK SERVICE issues new guidelines for \National Parks to offer visitors healthier, and local, choices in food; online grocer Door to Door Organics expands to nine states.
Climate Conditions Determine Amazon Fire Risk–The Threat of ‘Understory’ Fires
'Understory' fires are destroying more of the Amazon rainforest than is being lost through deforestation, NASA scientists have determined.
‘Battle Bunny’: A Visit with Jon Scieszka, Mac Barnett and Matthew Myers
JULES queries the creative team behind the new children's book, BATTLE BUNNY. An interview with JON SCIESZKA, MATT BARNETT and MATTHEW MYERS.
From Senegal to Many Ports of Call
Senegalese singer-songwriter-guitarist NURU KANE has released his most ambitious work yet, EXILE, described by our reviewer as 'an eclectic, franco-african-diasporic fusion album.."
Bob Marovich’s Gospel Picks — June 2013
BOB MAROVICH'S GOSPEL PICKS include THE BROOKLYN TABERNACLE CHOIR, APOSTLE NORBERT SIMMONS & THE GOSPELAIRES, ALVIN DARLING, EARL BYNUM and THE FLINT CAVALIERS. Plus a DVD, SPARE THE ROD, SPOIL THE CHILD.
H.L. MENCKEN TO WILL DURANT
In 1933, WILL DURANT, author of The Story of Philosophy, asked H.L. MENCKEN, the Sage of Baltimore, to explain what meaning life held for him. Mencken was all too happy to write back.
The Masters Weigh In
Bluegrass masters DOYLE LAWSON (& Quicksilver) and PETER ROWAN pick it clean, pick it true and demonstrate why the traditional never goes out of style.
Zoobiquity: Connecting Health In Animals And Humans
If you think animals and humans don't have the same problems, think again. BARBARA NATTERSON-HOROWITZ and KATHRYN BOWERS, co-authors of the best selling ZOOBIQUITY: THE ASTONISHING CONNECTION BETWEEN HUMAN AND ANIMAL HEALTH, disabuse TALKING ANIMALS host DUNCAN STRAUSS of any such notion.