Jun 28th, 2008 · The bass-guitar virtuoso, known for his prodigious soloing, recently released a new solo album, which he says addresses spirituality and mysticism. He speaks with Andrea Seabrook and demonstrates his technique with a few tunes.
Jun 5th, 2008 · Barack Obama declared his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination in February 2007. His relative inexperience was seen as a liability, but the Illinois senator built a deft political organization.
May 23rd, 2008 · Irina Reyn's deft debut novel dusts off Tolstoy's great 19th-century romantic heroine and re-imagines her as a complex — yet still dreamy-eyed — modern woman of today.
May 16th, 2008 · Pianist Oscar Peterson was one of the giants of jazz piano. Fast fingers and a hard-wired sense of swing defined Peterson and made him a favorite musical partner for everyone from Ella to Dizzy to Herbie Hancock. On this program from 1998, Peterson demonstrates his deft touch and amazing technique.
Aug 31st, 2007 · Mexican President Felipe Calderon is giving his first State of the Union address Saturday night -- and what a difference a year makes. Coming into his presidency, it looked as though Calderon would be a lame duck. There was a divided electorate, an opposition figure in Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador -- who refused to concede defeat -- and a country that seemed beset with insolvable problems, such as a raging drug war. But now, even his critics say Calderon has been governing with a deft touch.
Feb 6th, 2007 · A gifted singer/songwriter with a deft touch on the guitar, mandolin, piano and banjo, McKeown calls herself a mix between Django Reinhardt and G. Love. But even that description only scratches the surface of her music's sly lyrics and rip-roaring swing.
Jan 26th, 2007 · A gifted singer/songwriter with a deft touch on the guitar, mandolin, piano and banjo, McKeown calls herself a mix between Django Reinhardt and G. Love. But even that description only scratches the surface of her music's sly lyrics and rip-roaring swing.
Jul 24th, 2005 · Many call it a deft move by Chinese officials: the government announced this week it would revalue its currency, the yuan, by a scant 2 percent. Some U.S. manufacturers welcome the news, while retailers and politicians are not as happy.