Article Different Drums Two films about two supremely gifted singers explore how fate deals out both the plot of one’s life and the temperament with which we negotiate it. By Rand Richards Cooper November 9, 2019 Music Movies
Article She Can Do Anything For Patti Smith, turbulence of spirit is the mark of a great artist. It is also related to hope and faith because, ultimately, it leads to charity. By Sharon Mesmer November 7, 2019 Fiction Music Arts
Article Emotional Archaeology Famed documentarian Ken Burns traces the long and complex history of country music, revealing old American tensions between personal and collective freedom. By Cole Stangler September 13, 2019 Music Movies Spirituality Race Social Justice
Article Command Performance It is common to frame a cancer diagnosis in martial terms. Battling cancer; fighting cancer; the war on cancer. It is common, but wrong. By Dan Barry September 1, 2019 Music Spirituality Death and Dying The Last Word
Article What’s That Sound? Two new films give audiences the pleasures of the four B’s of pop music: the Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, the Beach Boys, and, of course, the Beatles. By Rand Richards Cooper August 30, 2019 Music Movies
Article The Burden of Suffering What it means to suffer or to be spared suffering, to be granted or refused martyrdom, is at the heart of the drama of ‘Dialogues des Carmélites.’ By B. D. McClay June 4, 2019 Arts Music Spirituality