‘Even to this day I play his music’ The 1990s saw Powell working as a street promoter for MCA Records across the Midwest, according to Larry Jenkins, music director and disc jockey at WLTH radio in Gary. Powell was one of those artists. “My job was to give away music CDs, cassette tapes and posters to anywhere … Read more
CNN — Depending on which music pundit you ask, jazz “died” when its 1920s heyday ended. Others believe jazz music lost its luster when the 1960s – and rock music – rolled around. But Ramsey Lewis, an inventive jazz pianist and one of the nation’s most respected artists in the genre, continued to find novel … Read more
CNN — French-Swiss director Jean-Luc Godard – a key figure in the Nouvelle Vague, the film-making movement that revolutionized cinema in the late 1950s and 60s – has died aged 91, French media is reporting. French President Emmanuel Macron tweeted a tribute to the director, writing the country has lost a “national treasure.” “It was … Read more
After working for a while as a peddler, Abraham earned enough money to open his own general store. He learned English quickly and even mastered the rural Wisconsin accent, which helped him connect with his clients. A housewife, Celia maintained her thick Yiddish accent. A childhood accident involving a mill at Celia’s family farm had … Read more