music
This week in history: Remembering folk personality Utah Phillips (1935-2008)
May 21, 2018This week marks ten years since the passing of renowned and beloved folk singer, storyteller, poet and recording artist known as "Golden Voice of the Great Southwest.”
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Max Berrú, founder of the Chilean group Inti Illimani, dies
May 15, 2018Max Berrú Carrión was born in Cariamanga, Ecuador, June 5, 1942. He died May 1 at the age of 74 in Santiago de Chile.
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Politically-charged rap finally gets its due with Kendrick Lamar’s Pulitzer
April 19, 2018Hip hop has battled against public disapproval and respectability politics for decades, but Lamar's Pulitzer signals a change.
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Machinists spearhead ‘new wave’ of union music for working people
February 8, 2018"The hard part is getting people to listen (to the labor songs on the CDs) to the message. But music is a great communicator.”
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2018 Grammys get political
January 29, 2018From Black Lives Matter and #MeToo to mental health and imperialism -- the 2018 Grammys were chock full of political critique.
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