Mar 13th, 2010 · The tiny, no-frills automobile imported from communist Yugoslavia during the 1980s is known to most Americans as the butt of many car jokes. Author Jason Vuic's book about the car, The Yugo: The Rise and Fall of the Worst Car in History, reveals why it's the most famous lemon in automotive history.
Mar 9th, 2010 · He was once dismissed as a composer for "high middle-brow taste." But Barber, who wrote the famous "Adagio for Strings," would not be criticized if he were an emerging composer today, 100 years after his birth.
Mar 8th, 2010 · In a way, she's similar to iconic figures such as Janis Joplin or Billie Holiday — singers whose recordings define not just a style, but a way of being. Today, young performers talk about being intimidated when they attempt songs Regina made famous. Her work mulls over the big questions of life and romance, one magnificent half-step at a time.
Mar 5th, 2010 · The ancient tale of Orpheus searching for his beloved in the underworld has been told many times by famous composers such as Monteverdi and Offenbach. Now, the desolate journey of Orpheus is presented in a new way: as a folk opera written by singer-songwriter Anais Mitchell. Hadestown features performances by Justin Vernon, Ani DiFranco and Greg Brown.
Mar 1st, 2010 · Bonerama's version of "When the Levee Breaks" pulls from the famous version on Led Zeppelin IV, complete with sly re-renderings of harmonica solos on swaying trombone. It moves with a heavy groove, dominated by the pounding wave of sound created by the slides of the trombone.
Mar 1st, 2010 · Based on a famous bit of folklore about a hopeful homecoming and a signal on a roadside oak, The Yellow Handkerchief centers on two teenagers on a road trip with an ex-con, hoping to help him reconnect with an old love. Moving through a post-Katrina Louisiana, the characters have all been blown around by their own private storms.
Feb 26th, 2010 · An enormous iceberg in Antarctica plowed into a peninsula made of ice and snapped it off, creating a second gigantic iceberg. The new 48-mile-long floating island of ice could make life difficult for the penguin colony made famous by the movie March of the Penguins.
Feb 22nd, 2010 · Many visitors to San Francisco like to pose for a snapshot in front of the city's famous Seven Sisters. They also are called the Painted Ladies — the famous row of multicolored Victorian Houses. In 1965, Thomas Shannon paid $65,000 for his house. He's selling it for $4 million.