Jeremy Ray Jewell
Falle Nioke has evolved into a kind of cultural ambassador. In the English coastal town of Margate, Kent, he has been praised for his performances of original and traditional compositions on West African instruments.
Practical handbook, compendium of theory, or history of an American tradition? A little of each… but enough of any?
“In a crisis we are all Socialists,” goes an old adage. But can that instinct be trusted in an increasingly barbaric world?
In Rock Bottom Rhapsody, Pokey LaFarge shows us where all America’s prophetic manias must lead: collapse.
At a time when fear of the influenza was in danger of being deemed unpatriotic, art retreated to nationalism or escapism.
Uplifting tunes for the aspiring curmudgeon you didn’t know you’d already become
Not only do Lǐ Zǐqī’s videos offer us the satisfaction of seeing material labor, but they also suggest the impossibility — in the modern world — of genuinely recreating the work of the past.
José Luis Trueba Lara’s anti-popularist history is the truest kind of people’s history.
Class pressures are exerting themselves, class fault-lines are emerging, and ancient demons are being released as a result.
Music Review: The Harry Smith B-Sides: Precursor to The Harry Smith C(ensored)-Sides?
The Atlanta-based label Dust-to-Digital would like to show us the flip side of The Anthology of American Folk Music, but they don’t like what they hear.
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