"Because of people like Natalya Gorbanevskaya," Joan Baez once said, "I am convinced that you and I are still alive and walking around on the face of the earth."
He's been a lawyer, a mayor and a county commissioner . . . and now a rapper. In a YouTube video that had more than 200 views by the end of last week, Miami-Dade Clerk of Courts Harvey Ruvin raps about the environment and climate change in a song called Maybe, Just Maybe.
Pacifica Radio Archives director Brian DeShazor is reminded daily how fast history becomes cluttered with misconceptions. That's one reason he works so hard to spread the word about Pacifica's unique and irreplaceable collection of some 40,000 broadcasts.
The 29th annual Maifest will be held in Covington's MainStrasse Village May 16-18. More than six city blocks of arts, crafts, foods and beverages will herald the new spring wines.
The good news is you don't have to wait a year to indulge in another Jazzfest. Plan a trip to Switzerland between July 4 to 19 and you'll be right back in party mode at the Montreux Jazz Festival, surrounded by an array of music, food and crafts.
Camille Breeze grabbed her turquoise Martin guitar †a 1998 Kenny Wayne Shepherd Special Edition she bought second-hand †and broke into "The Gambler" by Kenny Rogers.
Evicted two years ago from a controversial inner-city garden, they're putting down roots in a tiny town west of Bakersfield. To keep them from being booted off their inner-city garden plots, actress Daryl Hannah occupied the upper reaches of a walnut tree. Joan Baez showed up to sing for them. The land's owner called them squatters, but Hollywood hailed them as urban heroes. Sheriff's
If you're a country-western music fan, you probably know the name Lacy J. Dalton. Her records and performances date back to the 1970s and '80s when she had many top hits.
A museum dedicated to the 1969 Woodstock music festival is scheduled to open on June 2 at a farm in upstate New York where the event was held, organizers said Tuesday.