music
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.
Read moreMachinists 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.”
Read more2018 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.
Read more“Django”: A world-renowned jazz musician in wartime
January 26, 2018This new feature captures a few months in the life of world-famous Belgian-French Gypsy jazz guitarist and composer Django Reinhardt.
Read moreSidney Finkelstein: an appreciation of the great Marxist cultural critic
January 19, 2018The Marxist cultural critic Sidney Finkelstein lived in a suitcase in my mother’s closet.
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