‘Welcome Has No Boundaries’
Zimbabwe's beloved OLIVER 'TUKU' MTUKUDZI has released his 61st album, SARAWOGA, of songs of hope and respect. 'There's always something to talk about,' he tells us, and then proves it.
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Johnny Cash to Carl Perkins
WORLDWIDE EXCLUSIVE: In a previously unpublished letter written in April 1981, JOHNNY CASH apprises CARL PERKINS of his plans for the two of them plus their Sun llabelmate JERRY LEE LEWIS, to appear in concert together in Germany. Of course, there's much more to it.
‘He Brought a Certain Level of Class to the Blues’: Remembering Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland, 1930-2013
American music lost a giant with the passing of BOBBY 'BLUE' BLAND. Our tribute offers an overview of his career and a guide to his essential recordings.
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.
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.."
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.
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.