Dispatches - Page 19 of 42

John Coltrane: A Love Supreme

Born September 23, 1930, John Coltrane grew up in Hamlet, North Carolina. He moved to Philadelphia after high school....

By James Calemine Robert Johnson contends as the greatest bluesman of all time. Born May 8, 1911, in Hazelhurst,...

Jim Dickinson died in August 2009. His music resonates just as much now as it did when he was alive. His well-known...

By James Calemine Born in Mabry, North Carolina, Betty Davis ranks as a classic diva. She married Miles Davis and...

Pura Fe is her birth name. In Spanish it translates, “Pure Faith”. Born in 1959, Pura Fe was named by her Puerto Rican...

By James Calemine "Necessity is the mother of several other things besides invention." --Flannery O'Connor George...

By James Calemine “Walk believer walk, Your work ain’t never done.” -The Black Crowes The...

By James Calemine Based on the James Lee Burke novel, In the Electric Mist With Confederate Dead, this film tells the...

By James Calemine Real art is personal, close to the bone, unshakable and undeniable. Stranger Me slices throats and...

Athens, Georgia, singer/songwriter Vic Chesnutt existed as a musical force since the late 80s when R.E.M’s Michael...

By James Calemine At the peak of his career–in March of 1967– Otis Redding crossed the Atlantic to perform for his...

Born October 10, 1917, in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, Thelonious Monk’s family soon moved to New York City. Monk...