"When we try to think about what does it mean to be American, this almost impossible question, one of the ways we might try and answer that is through music," said Nate Sloan, a professor of ...

To some, what we call the Great American Songbook is pure romantic escapism, mired in fantasy and pointedly unrealistic. Yet there’s also a group of songs and show tunes deeply concerned with ...

Allen Toussaint’s Songbook returns with 20 unreleased tracks, first vinyl release, and a reminder of who really shaped modern American music. Craft Recordings is bringing Allen Toussaint back into ...

Thursday's performance of The Book of Mormon on Broadway was the first to feature a new lyric, referencing convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. During the song "Spooky Mormon Hell Dream," there is ...

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In recent weeks, a motley crew of writers has found common cause in attacking Nicaragua’s Sandinista government: Jaden Hong, a high-school student from Sammamish, Washington, who has never visited the ...

Tivoli Audio is a Boston-based audio manufacturer that has been around since the early 2000s. It’s well known for its beautiful and vintage-inspired wireless speakers and tabletop radios. In 2023, the ...

Indie bookstore backer Bookshop.org launched an e-book platform on Tuesday, making it easier for readers to buy e-books without padding Jeff Bezos’ pockets. For years, Amazon’s chokehold and sway in ...

Books are a gift, opening a door to the wide world. But not if you live in one of the U.S. communities where local school boards or state officials have cast certain books as scary monsters that harm ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Tim Long, a pianist, conductor and teacher, conceived his project to fill a cultural need: “There is no repertoire like this in existence.” Tim Long, who teaches at Eastman ...

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Archive.org, one of the only entities to attempt to preserve the entire history of the World Wide Web and much of the broader Internet, was recently compromised in a hack that revealed data on roughly ...