Rock, rap and hip-hop may rule the charts, but jazz, with roots in the spirituals of African-American slaves, is still America’s gift to the world. “There is no better example of democracy than a jazz ensemble: individual freedom but with responsibility to the group,” a primer from the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz explains. Jazz …
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At first glance, The Chronic — Dr. Dre’s groundbreaking rap album — doesn’t belong in the same category as the original-cast recording of the Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof or the Village People’s disco anthem “Y.M.C.A.”
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As part of our celebration of Black History Month, the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and founding director of the National Museum of African-American History and Culture, Lonnie G. Bunch III, recorded a special message for us.
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Today the Iowa caucuses mark the start of the 2020 election cycle in the United States. If you’re not sure what that means in U.S. politics, here’s Professor Brox from Tulane University to explain.
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We are leased to have U.S. chef & author, Mary Sue Milliken, in the UK this week to share the amazing tastes and variety of California cuisine
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