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Noah Schaffer

Music Remembrance: Gospel singer Lee Williams

A household name in Black America, Lee Williams had little need for the kind of crossover project that can earn a gospel act attention from the secular music media.

By: Noah Schaffer Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, Music Tagged: gospel, gospel music, Lee Williams, Noah Schaffer, Spiritual QC’s

Arts Interview: The New Head of Global Arts Live Talks Culture and Accessibility

It’s so important in these times to present international and culturally diverse music and dance. It can be a joyful source of healing for our world, and Global Arts Live has been doing this since its inception..

By: Noah Schaffer Filed Under: Featured, Interview, Music Tagged: Connie C. Chin, Global Arts Live, Maure Aronson, Noah Schaffer

Film Review: The Ventures and The Shadows — Guitar-Driven Instrumental Bands Get the Documentary Treatment

A pair of documentaries about the most popular guitar-driven instrumental bands of all time.

By: Noah Schaffer Filed Under: Featured, Film, Music, Review, Rock Tagged: Shadows, skiffle, The Shadows at Sixty, The Ventures: Stars on Guitars, Ventures

Author Interview: Talking to Miss Pat about her “Reggae Music Journey”

Miss Pat, reggae’s Chinese-Jamaican matriarch, reflects on a life in riddim.

By: Noah Schaffer Filed Under: Books, Featured, Interview, Music Tagged: Miss Pat, My Reggae Music Journey, Noah Schaffer, Patricia Chin

Film/Music Review: The Best Music Documentaries of 2020 — With Some Disppointments

Some of the best music documentaries of 2020 – and some disappointments

By: Noah Schaffer Filed Under: Featured, Film, Music, Review Tagged: Elder's Corner, Gordon Lightfoot, If You Could Read My Mind, In My Own Time: A Portrait of Karen Dalton, Karen Dalton, Noah Schaffer, Once Were Brothers, Other Music, Robbie Robertson, Ronnie Scott's, Ronnie's, Suzie Q, The Changin’ Times of Ike White, Tiny Tim: King for a Day, Who Let the Dogs Out?

Arts Remembrance: Charley Pride — The Man Who Sang Honky-Tonk Best

When Charley Pride did display anger, it concerned how the country music establishment treated older artists.

By: Noah Schaffer Filed Under: Featured, Music, Popular Music Tagged: Charley Pride

Arts Remembrance: Soul Iconoclast Roy C

Roy C may not have lived to see the current regime toppled or his litigation over past royalties resolved to his satisfaction, but he died knowing that he was — without a doubt — a Black American original.

By: Noah Schaffer Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, Music Tagged: Noah Schaffer, Roy C, Roy Charles Hammond, Three Gems

Book Review: Two Glimpses of Caribbean Culture in a Year without Carnival

A pair of recent books help keep the glorious spirit of Carnival alive.

By: Noah Schaffer Filed Under: Books, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Caribbean culture, Culture, Jump Up! Caribbean Carnival Music In New York, Michael C Smith, People, Places - Trinidad and Tobago, Ray Allen

Concert Review: Ticket to Park — Johnny A Plays the British Invasion Songbook at the Tupelo Drive-In

A by-the-carload ticket gets you a spot in the Tupelo Music Hall parking lot and an empty space next to it.

By: Noah Schaffer Filed Under: Featured, Music, Popular Music, Review, Rock Tagged: Johnny A, Tupelo Drive-In

Visual Arts Review: Visiting a Museum during a Pandemic — A Trip to the deCordova

“We ask that you limit your stay to two hours, and remember that our restrooms are not open.”

By: Noah Schaffer Filed Under: Featured, Review, Visual Arts Tagged: deCordova Sculpture Park, Noah Schaffer

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