Ernest Gaines wrote a number of classic novels, including “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman.”
Music
Posted inArts & Culture, Music
We’re in the New Age of Protest Music
Several political artists were been nominated for Grammys this year, including Rhiannon Giddens, bluegrass outfit Che Apalache and Kenyan folk singer J.S. Ondara.
Posted inArts & Culture, Music
In ‘Broken Silence,’ a composer brings a note of hope to the church’s sex abuse crisis
“Broken Silence” is more than a concert. It is a musical meditation that plunges straight to the heart of our collective trauma.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
When Christmas is neither merry nor white
We make Christmas into something it is not and wonder why it disappoints.
Posted inArts & Culture, Faith
These are the worst (religious) Christmas songs of all time
Christmas songs that invoke Jesus’ name or mention the Nativity story are not automatically more respectful than Christmas songs that don’t.
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
The street philosophy book behind the ‘Wu-Tang’ television miniseries
“Wu-Tang: An American Saga” is exposing millions more to the role of spirituality in RZA’s life, career and role in Wu-Tang Clan.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
David Byrne proclaims the Good News
Mr. Byrne, best known as the dynamic frontman of the 1980s art-rock outfit Talking Heads, is a kind of besuited Renaissance man.
Posted inArts & Culture, Music
Review: Kanye’s infatuation with the prosperity gospel (and himself)
Part of me winces at “Jesus Is King,” as though it were a decaying tooth. But if I’m honest, another part of me is drawn to the rot.
Posted inArts & Culture, Music
30 years after her debut, Selena is the icon we need today.
Our music superstars sounded and looked a little bit different, one woman, in particular. She was known as La Reina del Tex Mex, the Queen of Tejano music: Selena Quintanilla.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: The birth (and birthplace) of R.E.M.
Robert Dean Lurie’s biography of R.E.M. aims to trace the group’s rapid ascension from college town obscurity to rock’s upper echelons.