Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day, remembering Kevin Barry
On St. Patrick's Day, devoted to honoring the Irish heritage, we pause to remember Kevin Gerard Barry.
A world of contradictions
Germany has suffered under a heat wave and damaging drought. Now thunderstorms are predicted. Can any parallels be drawn?
Indonesia elects working-class metalhead president
Joko Widodo has become the president of Indonesia after winning 53.13 percent of the vote in the country's 2014 presidential election. He will take office Oct. 20.
Croatian fascists and the attack on Bob Dylan
There is an obvious desire to either celebrate or deny a barbarous past, to make sure that "the times they are not a-changin'."
Guitar company used illegal rainforest wood
The crime came to light after federal agents raided one of the company's supply outlets in Nashville, Tenn.
Billy Bragg and Maxine Peake: Jarama Valley/Brigadista
Jarama Valley, the song inspired by one of the key battles of the Spanish civil war, gets another lease of life on a new CD marking the 75th anniversary of the conflict.
Bang your own head, not a seal’s
Humane Society International and heavy metal musicians are calling upon the Canadian government to cancel the 2011 commercial seal killings.
Wyclef Jean to announce run for Haiti president
Haitian-born singer and producer Wyclef Jean is expected to announce his candidacy for president in the earthquake-hit Caribbean country on Thursday night, on Larry King's CNN show.
Kool & the Gang sing in Havana
Robert "Kool" Bell, leader of the U.S. rhythm and blues group Kool & the Gang said the group's concert in Havana would be dedicated to the fraternity and unity of the peoples.
A U.S. musician pays tribute to Mercedes Sosa
Argentinian folksinger Mercedes Sosa was known the world over as “the voice of the voiceless.”
