Dear listening ears/reading eyes, For a long time, I've introduced myself as a banjo player from the Eastern Shore of Maryland. I'm a hiker and an environmentalist. I'm an optimist. I'm loud. I'm still all those things, but I went quiet for a few years. I cut my long...
Born in Genoa, Italy, she moved to Rome where she studied singing and piano at the National Academy of Santa Cecilia, graduating in 1956.Known for using her voice as an instrument rather than singing lyrics, defining the sound of 1960s-70s Italian soundtracks. Besides...
Transformative may not be an urgent enough word to describe the multi-hyphenate creative Arooj Aftab. Rooted to a constellation of unmappable margins and elegant refusals, she lithely moves against the weight of time and convention, honoring multiple traditions while...