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Apr 18, 2017

In his new memoir Change of Season, John Oates describes  his journey from the suburbs of Philadelphia to the heights of superstardom in the 1980s and 90s as half of Hall & Oates. The duo released seven platinum albums and reached the Billboard Hot 100 34 times in a career stretching back to 1973. But the John Oates...


Apr 12, 2017

A photograph taken around 1960 appeared recently at Ebony magazine’s website featuring renowned actors and activists Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee with their three kids at an anti-war protest. One of those kids – about six years old – is Guy Davis. He made the cardboard signs that the family is carrying. Guy Davis, now...


Apr 3, 2017

Bluegrass music has produced a few mainstream hits and cultural moments, from The Beverly Hillbillies to O Brother, Where Art Thou? But the genre has never generated a crossover star like Alison Krauss.

Since her debut album in 1987, Krauss has never stopped performing hot and heavy bluegrass music, but of course...