Patrick Neate explains how young people from around the world adapt hip-hop to address their own concerns.
Patrick Neate explains how young people from around the world adapt hip-hop to address their own concerns.
Philipp Blom tells Anne Strainchamps about some of history's great pack-rats, and what purposes their collections served.
Ken Nordine is the epitome of jazz poetry. He has an amazing voice. His nickname is, in fact, "The Voice." Best known for his Word Jazz series, this poem is one he did for a paint company. The paint company is long forgotten but the poem lives on.
Steve Paulson talks with Pete Best who was the Beatles drummer before Ringo Starr.
When you think about the accomplishments of the Civil Rights Movement and the last 50 years, it's tempting to think we've become a post-racial society. But University of Pennsylvania professor John Jackson Jr. believes we're seeing a new type of racial divide, characterized by distrust and paranoia.
Joyce Tenneson is a portrait photographer whose new book is a collection of flower photos. Her work celebrates flowers at every stage of their life cycle.
At the age of 28, Chinese pianist Lang Lang has already played with the Vienna Philharmonic, the Berlin Philharmonic and all of the top American orchestras.