WORLD BOOGIE IS COMINGHow Henry Butler’s Piano Rekindled a Fiery NOLA TraditionThe late New Orleans keyboard genius is celebrated in two new recordings.Jason Berry
MUST WATCHYou’ve Got to See the Seattle Seahawks’ Touchdown SwaggerYour daily video snack.Brooke Leigh Howard
LEGENDUncle Buck’s Television DebutMy Uncle Buck NBC appearance was eagerly anticipated in my small South Dakota town, and he didn’t disappoint.Pete Dexter
MERCURIALJames Booker Was a Crazy Piano GeniusA junkie and ex-con, the late James Booker was also the epitome of Crescent City keyboard artistry. A new documentary captures him right down to his glittering eye patch.Jason Berry
HAUNTINGGreenpeace Holds Floating Piano ConcertThe haunting video was created to support the organization’s ‘Save the Arctic’ initiative, which seeks to make the Arctic declared an internationally protected area.Peter Slattery
TRANSFORMATIONHow Nina Simone Discovered Her GeniusHow Eunice Waymon, aspiring classical pianist, transformed herself into Nina Simone is part hardluck story, part fairy tale, and the good and the bad were impossible to separate.AD BY THE DAILY BEAST
Pitch PerfectCan Music Help Cure Cancer?Musicologist Nolan Gasser is working with cancer patients at Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital in New York to discover if music can alleviate their pain and anxiety.Tim Teeman
Pitch CountDid the Nazis Mistune Your Guitar?A small cadre of fanatics insists music would sound better if instruments were tuned differently. Ted Gioia spent a week putting put their theories to the test.Ted Gioia
Staying PowerKeith Jarrett's Immortal ‘Concert’ Is 40How did a solo piano album shake up the music world during the age of disco, fusion and rock? And what makes it sound as fresh today as it did 40 years ago? Ted Gioia
Keys To SuccessSing Us A Song, Dead Piano ManEven as traditional keyboards disappear from mainstream culture, the piano enjoys a renaissance in jazz.Ted Gioia
ARPEGGIOS WITH WOLVESFrom Concert Pianist To Wolf WhispererHélène Grimaud is one of classical music’s most talented—and controversial—piano prodigies. She also sees colors when she plays a Brahms concerto or when animals howl.Lizzie Crocker
