Elisabeth Vincentelli reports in The New York Times why non-fiction storytelling is growing in popularity on TV. Interview with Lisa Heller and Nancy Abraham from HBO. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/27/arts/television/hbo-documentaries-nancy-abraham-lisa-heller-interview.html?searchResultPosition=11
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Hospital Radio Stations Cheer On Patients
Hospital radio stations in England are bringing comfort to patients and staff during these COVID-19 times, as reported in The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/13/arts/music/coronavirus-hospital-radio.html?searchResultPosition=1
Last Hindenburg survivor dies at age 90
Werner G. Doehner was only 8 years old at the time of the disaster at Lakehurst, NJ in 1937. His obituary appeared in The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/16/us/werner-doehner-dead-hindenburg-disaster.html
In 1969, Harlem Had Its Own Woodstock Music Festival
With the 50th anniversary of Woodstock in upstate New York, there is also one to remember that was in Harlem. Daphne A. Brooks reports in The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/15/arts/music/black-woodstock-harlem-festival-1969.html?searchResultPosition=1
“The Supremes” Now Setting Fashion Trends for the Millennials
The famous Motown group who became “agents of culture change in the 1960s” now appealing to Millennials as Christopher Petkanas writes in The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/18/style/mary-wilson-supreme-glamour.html?searchResultPosition=1
New York Station Defines Alternative Music Format Today
Read about the evolution of the Alternative “Rock” radio format in this article by Joe Coscarelli from The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/18/arts/music/rock-radio.html?searchResultPosition=1
Companies Getting Into Podcasting and Consumers Are Listening
By David Yaffe-Bellany from The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/20/business/media/branded-podcasts.html?searchResultPosition=1
More podcasts moving to the visual media, just like radio shows to TV in the 50s
Jaclyn Peiser reports in The New York Times.
Defender of R&B Artists’ Rights
Howell Begle who defended several R&B Artists from losing royalties from 1950s and 60s music dies at 74 as reported in The New York Times.
R&B Making Comeback From the Shadow of Hip-Hop
Jon Caramanica reports in The New York Times: