Performing Arts
Rhythm and Identity
A Q&A with Bobby Sanabria, musician, composer and professor of Latin jazz
September 15, 2008 |
By Robin T. Reid
At Moab, Music Among the Red Rocks
The Moab Music Festival features world-class music in an unparalleled natural setting
August 27, 2008 |
By Jamie Bernstein
Blue Ridge Bluegrass
The town of Floyd, Virginia draws jam-ready musicians and some toe-tapping fans
July 28, 2008 |
By Kenneth R. Fletcher
Q&A: Chris Carter of "The X Files"
The creator and writer behind "The X-Files" reveals his inspiration for the sci-fi series and motivation behind the upcoming film.
July 17, 2008 |
By Jesse Rhodes
Folkways Producer Tony Schwartz, Creator of the Daisy Ad, Dies
Something about the way of life during the Cold War era always strikes me as simple—simple in all senses of the word—plain, uncomplicated, even naïve. I mean, why would children learn to "duck and cover," as if crouching under your school desk could save you from a nuclear blast?
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June 18, 2008 |
By Beth Py-Lieberman
The Persians Revisited
A 2,500-year-old Greek historical play remains eerily contemporary
June 17, 2008 |
By Catherine Rampell
Squeeze Play
A new Smithsonian Networks Film brings alive the upbeat music of Colombia's cowboy country
June 2008 |
By Kenneth R. Fletcher
Ivory Merchant
Composer Irving Berlin wrote scores of hits on his custom-built instrument
May 2008 |
By Owen Edwards
On the Job: Choreographer
Choreographer Lori Belilove pays homage to Isadora Duncan, the mother of contemporary dance
May 01, 2008 |
By Robin Reid
On the Job: Broadway Producer
Broadway producer Jeffrey Seller tells us what it takes to stage a hit musical
April 01, 2008 |
By Megan Gambino
The Arranger
From bebop to hip-hop, nobody alive has done more for American music than Quincy Jones
March 2008 |
By Lyndon Stambler
A Record Find
How The Phantom of the Opera led me to a long-lost musical treasure in Paris
March 2008 |
By Michael Walsh
Q at the Castle
Why the Smithsonian Institution can't get enough of American music's top artist-entrepreneur, Quincy Jones
March 01, 2008 |
By Kenneth R. Fletcher
Lifting their Voices
Paying tribute to America's first black opera
January 30, 2008 |
By Marian Smith Holmes
