Tag history of music

August 25, 2013
in History, Humanities

Happy Birthday, Leonard Bernstein!

August 25, 2013
in History, Humanities

August 25, 2013 is the 95th birthday anniversary of the brilliant Leonard Bernstein. A charismatic and versatile musician, Bernstein attained international super-star status in his lifetime. The Leonard Bernstein Letters, edited by Nigel Simeone, reveals the breadth of Bernstein’s musical interests, his constant struggle to find the time to compose, his

February 28, 2011
in African American Studies, Humanities, Literature

Rapping Across the World of Words

February 28, 2011
in African American Studies, Humanities, Literature

Last Thursday, Adam Bradley, one of the editors of The Anthology of Rap, appeared on Minnesota Public Radio alongside Mark Anthony Neal and Toki Wright to discuss the past 30 years of rap and hip-hop and how they have risen to become the cultural tour-de-force we know today. Meanwhile, the