A comparison of the former Eastern Bloc and China's ways of dealing with the social implications of rock music as an alien cultural import from the West reveals significant analogies. The paper traces ...

The most esteemed musical post in Germany, that of cantor to the St. Thomas Church Choir in Leipzig, is also the oldest: the first incumbent moved into the job in 1212. For 27 years (1723 to 1750) ...

The origins of the Jarocin Festival date back to 1970, when it began as Wielkopolskie Rytmy Młodych (Wielkopolska Rhythms of the Young) - a regional music competition to promote amateur rock bands.

A prog rock artist has over 50 years in the biz under his belt. Such a long career comes with a barrage of criticisms from anyone with two cents to give. Although the artist in question seems rather ...

Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone’s innovative Martyrs of Communism project is a revival of the classically Catholic way of preaching the Gospel message. A marker commemorating the Ukrainian martyrs of ...

Toward the end of A Complete Unknown, a good biopic about Bob Dylan that opened on Christmas, there is a key scene in which Dylan manager Albert Grossman barks at folk music legend Pete Seeger, ...