A quarter of a century was to elapse between the time when he saw his father sitting with the strange woman and the time when he was to see him again, standing alone upon the red clay of a Mississippi plantation, a sharecropper, clad in ragged overalls, holding a muddy hoe in his gnarled...

"It is America's music – born out of a million American negotiations: between having and not having; between happy and sad, country and city; between black and white and men and women; between the Old Africa and the Old Europe – which could only have happened in an entirely new...

It's Just Syrup and Water There is a grand war going on in today's world that many of us are unaware of, but are affected by everyday. This war takes place at home, on the highways, in magazines, and in stores. It is the war of marketing. Just about every company t...

Hugh Arkinson May 6, 2004 BAMS 306 Jazz: The American Heritage From the beat of ragtime syncopation to soaring gospel choirs mixed with call-and-response vocalizations and the moody blues, jazz has become a much-loved form of music worldwide. Since it came out of the South ...

Bob Dylan One of the most popular political figures in the 1960's was Robert Allen Zimmerman, better known as Bob Dylan. Bob Dylan recorded many protest songs, perhaps the most famous song, the song which made him a well known name, was The Times They Are A-Changin. A song written about governme...

Nsync: A True Talent in Music Here we go, the title of one of many Nsync songs, but it is also a term that cynics often use referring to the group. "Here we go, another "boy band", they all sound the same, etc., etc., etc." I admit that t...

Have you ever seen or heard a commercial and then suddenly had an urge for something? Your urge may have been the result of subliminal messaging. "Subliminal messaging" can be defined as a technique of projecting information below an individual's threshold of sensation or awareness (The Sublimi...

Loneliness The beautiful young girl gradually trudged up the smooth marble steps, while slightly lifting the front of her lengthy silver silk dress out of the way as she walked. When she reached the top, she headed over to the concrete beige balcony, where a few white doves strolled around and pe...