Howard Tate, R.I.P. (Two Years Later)
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Five for Mandela
Some directly, some indirectly inspired by the great man. (Bonus!)
7 From McCoy Tyner For His 75th
McCoy Tyner turns 75 years young today. In a saner and more soulful world, Tyner...
Humanity: Kicking Cancer’s Ass
When the going gets tough, there is always hope. When hope is hard to come...
Life in the Key of Song: Strawberry Fields Forever
Living is easy with eyes closed/Misunderstanding all you see, It’s getting hard to be someone...
The Day The Music Died, Redux (Revisited)
(12/9/2010) It was thirty years ago today… Where were you? I was in my mother’s...
The Intersection of Art & Innovation, cont’d: A Conversation with Jane Friedman
Yesterday we wrapped yet another conversation for CEA’s ongoing series “The Intersection of Art &...
Five by Frank Zappa @ 20 Years
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Backs to the Future
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It is an enduring tribute to Bukowski’s genius that his writings continue to inform, inspire...