Oral history interview Al Held, November 19, 1975. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Interview by Paul Cummins Al Held six months old in 1929You were born in Brooklyn… Read More

Video blocked due to privacy settings Change privacy settings 130 million records sold! Growing up in New York, classmates with Barbara Streisand in 1955, there is no way Neil Dia… Read More

Roger S. Payne, a biologist whose discovery that whales serenade one another prompted him to record their cacophonous repertoire of baying, booming, shrieking, squealing, mooing and cate… Read More

Benedict Cumberbatch is the most recent actor to leap on board director James Mangold’s Bob Dylan biopic, A Full Unknown. Cumberbatch joins the beforehand solid Timothée Cha… Read More

(English version. French version below ) Neil Leslie Diamond (born January 24, 1941)is an American singer-songwriter. He has sold more than 130 million records worldwide, making… Read More

David Crosby: Crosby, Stills & Nash co-founder David Crosby has died at 81Crosby, Stills & Nash co-founder David Crosby has died at 81Crosby had long managed serious medical issues… Read More

Sulayman Chappelle is the eldest son of world famous stand-up comedian Dave Chappelle. He lives in Yellow Springs, Ohio with his parents and two siblings. Just a simple reminder that the… Read More

Sunday’s Newport Folk Festival marked the gathering of several talented artists from a variety of music genres, from country’s Wynonna Judd to alternative rock’s Marcus Mum… Read More

 January 2, 1962Folk group The Weavers are banned by NBC after refusing to sign a loyalty oath. The Weavers, one of the most significant popular-music groups of the postwar era, sa… Read More

These lullaby quotes will inspire you. Lullaby is a quiet song that is sung to children to help them go to sleep or sing to (someone) to get them to go to sleep. A collection of motivating… Read More

These Ballad quotes will inspire you. A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. Ballads derive from the medieval French chanson balladée or ballade, which were ori… Read More

No one likes dealing with petty people. The petty quotes below will help you deal with the negative people present within your life.  When’s the last time you dealt with a pett… Read More

Streamed live though the aegis of 92nd Street Y Host Louis Rosen opens tonight’s exploration into a singer/songwriter with a 1965 video of  22 year-old Canadian, Roberta Joan … Read More

Mamata Banerjee played “We Shall Overcome” on the accordion with a busker in Germany KOLKATA: A video of Mamata Banerjee playing the accordion along with a busker dressed as Mick… Read More

Dottie Gutenkauf enjoys a black-and-white ice cream soda.Photo by her dear friend Joan Hervey. Family, friends, colleagues and comrades of Plainfield's late… Read More

Watch 53rd Annual Grammy Awards | 2011 Grammy will be held on February 13, 2011 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. It will be broadcasted on CBS. Barbra Streisand will be honored as the M… Read More