Compared with giants such as Carlos Vives, Ruben Blades or Pablo Milanes, Ricardo Arjona is not exactly the most visionary of songwriters. But this Guatemalan troubadour’s message is so intelligently ...

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Songwriters are often praised with the backhanded comment that their lyrics are so great it means they are not mere songwriters, but poets. As if being a songwriter now, in the 21st century, is a ...

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KOH's second release features collaborations with drummer Uemura, Fujii's partner, trumpeter Natsuki Tamura, and cellist Nankoh Kumon, a member of the Japanese Segments String Quartet. KOH's ...

Bob Dylan won the Nobel Prize in literature last year, renewing an old debate: Are pop lyrics poetry? (Lex Van Lieshout/European Pressphoto Agency) Michael Lindgren is a frequent contributor to The ...

As robust as streaming, premium cable and PBS have made the documentary marketplace in recent years, you wouldn’t be wrong to feel that there’s a glut of similar stories being told in similar ways. If ...