Reflections on Barry Lopez
TERRY TEMPEST WILLIAMS honors her friend, the late, great nature writer BARRY LOPEZ
A Dazzling French Connection
After dazzling the opera world on stage last year, Belgium's SONYA YONCHEVA is doing it on record, with her debut album, PARIS, MON AMOUR--a different sort of French connection. Also: TRIO MEDIAEVAL.
Our Shrinking Woods
In his essay 'Our Shrinking Woods,' guest columnist GREG KIELBACK considers how 'industrialized corporate farming techniques have altered the structure of agriculture and therefore our communities.'
For Sale: Wounded Knee; Johnny Depp, Grandstander; Chief Red Cloud, 93, Walks On
WOUNDED KNEE for sale? JOHNNY DEPP grandstands about buying it and returning it to the Tribe, but it's only noise; remembering CHIEF OLIVER RED CLOUD
After the Roar, Top Expert Assesses ‘Tiger King’
Sensation though it was, Netflix's TIGER KING was far less than all that. DUNCAN STRAUSS checks in with a tiger expert to discover what's all wrong about JOE EXOTIC and his claim to fame.
Shakespeare, In Concept
CLARA SANABRAS has adapted SHAKESPEARE'S 'THE TEMPEST' into an operatic production and, now, a concept album with Britten Sinfonia and others. It's a beauty. ROBERT HUGILL reviews.
Lusitano: The First Known Black Composer, Acknowledged With Luminous Clarity
THE MARIAN CONSORT resurrects the Motets of VICENTE LUSITANO, the first known Black composer and a highly regarded 16th Century music theorist.
The Deep Roots 2016 Yuletide Baedeker
A guide to the Christmas content published over the years in TheBluegrassSpecial.com and Deep Roots, including our 2016 Christmas album picks.
Animals Making The Case For Neko—And Vice Versa
It's not enough to be one of our finest singer-songwriters; NEKO CASE is also a veteran vocal advocate of animal welfare issues. She explains her raison d'etre to DUNCAN STRAUSS in another stellar TA installment.
An Octopus Opus More Gripping Than Eight Tentacles
An essential interview with SY MONTGOMERY, author of THE SOUL OF AN OCTOPUS. You'll get sucked in.
The Mythic Weight Of Phil Spector’s Christmas Gift
In 1963, PHIL SPECTOR thought his CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR YOU album would be a career-defining event. Then a not-so-funny-thing happened to him on his way to musical world dominance. BILLY ALTMAN fills us in.
The Christmas Song, Like No Other Christmas Song
NAT KING COLE. 'The Christmas Song.' End of story, right? Not quite. There's more where that came from.
