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May 11, 2012
Q&A: DJ Spinna On Perception Records, New York Soul In The '70s, And Why A Tribe Called Quest Sampled "Submission" Better Than Anyone
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April 22, 2012
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The fact that the new Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams' culture-clash classic A Streetcar Named Desire has a multicultural cast turns out to be a non issue. As long as the poetry is served, it doesn't matter what color the actors are, especially if they're game for the challenge. And in this ... More >>
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December 1, 2011
Da Capo's Second-Best Music Writing 2011: 112 Of Last Year's Most Notable Music Stories
The 2011 edition of Da Capo's annual anthology Best Music Writing— which this year was guest edited by The New Yorker classical writer and The Rest Is Noise author Alex Ross; Daphne Carr has been the series editor since 2006—contains 32 essays and is augmented by a a jumbo-sized "Other N ... More >>
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February 27, 2011
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December 29, 2010
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May 10, 2010
RIP, Lena Horne
via Wikipedia With flaring eyes and a honey-drenched voice, Lena Horne was a force of nature, and divinely gorgeous to boot.
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May 6, 2010
Q&A: Director Kerthy Fix Talks Strange Powers, Her New Documentary About Stephin Merritt and The Magnetic Fields
"That I can go to Google and the third thing that comes up "Is Stephin Merritt a racist because he doesn't like hip-hop?" It was so wrong and immoral, and it had never fully been cleared up." A generation of terrified journalists and collaborators will tell you that Stephin Merritt is a fundament ... More >>
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September 29, 2009
The Wiz
"That I can go to Google and the third thing that comes up "Is Stephin Merritt a racist because he doesn't like hip-hop?" It was so wrong and immoral, and it had never fully been cleared up." A generation of terrified journalists and collaborators will tell you that Stephin Merritt is a fundament ... More >>
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September 16, 2009
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August 28, 2009
Clip Job: Newfield Surveys the Folk-Music Revolution!
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July 8, 2009
NEW YORK IS OZ
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May 4, 2009
Clip Job: Miss Hansberry & Bobby K
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January 14, 2009
Ricardo Montalban, 1920-2009
Ricardo Montalban, who died today at his Los Angeles home, started out as a sort of ethnic utility man in Hollywood, playing not only a variety of South and Central American characters but also Asians and Native Americans. (He is shown here receiving an award in 1993 from Anthony Quinn, who knew ho ... More >>
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December 3, 2008
SHALOM, Y'ALL
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June 24, 2008
Kid Creole's Going Places
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April 2, 2008
From the Video Vaults: Lena Horne's Tree Grows in YouTube
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February 19, 2008
Ronald K. Brown's Spirit Moves
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June 19, 2007
Hat Trick
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February 22, 2007
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August 3, 2004
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August 26, 2003
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March 26, 2002
Operation Infinite Justice
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December 18, 2001
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August 7, 2001
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