music
Recent CDs: A Vietnam opera and Afro-American composer William Grant Still
July 27, 2022A music lover can be grateful for being able to hear this important American opera on CD, “a gripping affair, beginning to end."
Read morePete Seeger “forever”: July 21 stamp release at Newport Folk Festival
July 15, 2022Lifelong supporter of People’s World gets USPS honors.
Read more‘Ballad of an American’: Composer Earl Robinson and working-class culture
April 27, 2022Best known for composing the music for songs like “The House I Live In,” “Joe Hill,” and “Black and White,” Earl Robinson’s music became a critical part of U.S. working-class culture in the 20th century.
Read moreClassical CDs highlight African-American and women’s contributions
April 11, 2022Under review here are three classical CDs featuring African-American composers with greater or lesser (mostly lesser) familiarity, and one non-Black Bostonian lady.
Read moreExpressions of African-American music on CD—and all that jazz
March 7, 2022Jazz is widely recognized as perhaps the only musical art form originating in the United States, thanks largely to its African-American inventors.
Read more