Ruth Crawford Seeger

The indefatigable Ethan Iverson gives a thorough, candid, and impassioned assessment of the recorded output of the late Peter Lieberson. Read More

UP EARLY I try to sleep late, but in middle age I find that means 6:30 or 7. Read More

"The medium is the message" Marshall McLuhan"We have met the enemy and he is Us" Pogo, Walt Kelly For well over 20 years, whenever friends are expecting, I'd try to send along a CD copy ofMike & Peggy Seeger's American Folk SongsFor Children, which is actually a much older compilation started by their mother, the famed composer and folklorist Ruth Crawford Seeger, in 1948. Read More

Setting up a routine to read to your infant is a great way to bond. Read More

Dane Rudhyar (1895-1985) was a unique figure in 20th-Century American culture: a composer, thinker, painter, poet, novelist, and the pre-eminent figure in astrology. Read More