The Bigger Picture

Jazz's New Frontier: 1959

by Bob Moses

Decades are mile markers and as they recede into the rearview, they acquire meaning, if only by their distance.... more

The Fantastic Mr. Keane

by Bob Moses

The Fantastic Mr. Fox, Bobby Fuller Four - "Let Her Dance" trailer... more

After the Wall

by Bob Moses

Recent celebrations in Berlin commemorated the 20th anniversary of 11/9/89, the night that joyful crowds first breached the hated Wall between East and West Berlin, and the iconic highpoint of a year ... more

Fire In Their Bones

by Bob Moses

It turns out that, as a species, we have evolved to see and hear God.... more

Get Up Offa That Thang: Jonathan Kane's February

by Bob Moses

I recently spent the evening at Brooklyn’s Knitting Factory taking in a séance conducted by Jonathan Kane’s Februar... more

Watch & Listen

E.C. Ball's Gift To A Frowning World

Spiritual, haunted, rollicking and fiercely independent: Nathan Salsburg and a group of like-minded artists pay tribute to a singular voice from the Blue Ridge, E.C. Ball.

Alan Lomax in Haiti: A Personal Journey of Discovery

In 1936, a 21-year-old Alan Lomax, on his first solo ethnographic expedition, discovered a nation redefining its identity. He struggled with personal and technical challenges, but returned with 1,500 recordings and film — now available for the first time from Harte Recordings, the Lomax archive, and the Library of Congress.

Sing Murder

Lonely woods and lost loves, deadly encounters and a waiting noose… the dark history of the murder ballad. Exclusive video interview and three original performances from country-music hero Charlie Louvin, and a murder ballad playlist. Two of Charlie's recordings were recently nominated for Grammy Awards.