Charlton Heston, Sidney Poitier, Burt Lancaster and Lena Horne were among the stars who appeared for MLK and civil rights.
Music was the heartbeat of the Civil Rights era. It provided a powerful voice for change by transforming spirituals and folk ...
Jack White once told Bob Dylan that he was "jealous" of Dylan and artists like him, listing several reasons why he felt that way.
Famed photographer’s chronicle of the 1960s Civil Rights era is on exhibit at Misericordia University through March 8 ...
Bob Dylan's early career was profoundly shaped by the legacy of folk music, particularly the influence of Woody Guthrie. In the early 1960s, Dylan quickly captured the attention of Columbia Records, ...
Bob Dylan's journey began in Minnesota, where he was heavily influenced by folk legend Woody Guthrie. In 1961, he made the pivotal move to New York City, where he quickly gained recognition in the ...
Throughout history, musicians have used music as commentary on current events. It’s often powerful, and it’s a phenomenon ...
Some of Bob Dylan‘s most famous Civil Rights and general protest songs include “Blowin’ In The Wind”, “The Times They Are A-Changin’”, “Oxford Town”, “All Along The Watchtower”, and “The Lonesome ...
TURN on the news and you can be forgiven for thinking the world is going to hell in a handcart. But one singer is refusing to ...
Music shapes us. It defines movements, sparks revolutions, and captures moments that words alone cannot express. Some songs ...
David Hockney’s Bayeux Tapestry outburst seals his status as an intellectual revolutionary - COMMENT: Art has long been a ...
Danville-born-and-raised music mogul Irving Azoff, the Rev. Terrance Thomas of Bethel AME Church, record-setting former ...