The Utterly Original Bill Traylor

Coltrane understood the ways black folks had been stereotyped, ridiculed, and demonized in the United States. He also acknowledged the incredible rich tradition of Black American music and the contribution its artists had made to their own country and to the world. Speaking of Coltrane’s artistic impact, Max Roach said, I heard many things in what

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Today, more creatives appear to be taking steps to safeguard their creative legacies. The Trump presidential campaign recently found itself in hot water for pumping out soul singer Issac Hayes’ hit ‘Hold On, I’m Comin’ at campaign rallies. Fast Company reports that a federal lawsuit filed in August claims the song has been used unlawfully by the fo... See more

the everyday world in which he lived and worked: his formation in the segregated South of the 1930s, his early losses—his father’s death at an early age; a sojourn that exchanged an insular southern life for an urban northern one; the ceaseless search for a spiritual life that greatly expanded but was ultimately rooted in the southern black Christi

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