Dec 29th, 2009 · Robin D.G. Kelley spent 14 years on a new book, which some are calling the definitive work on a jazz legend. In Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original, he portrays the great pianist as a trained musician, a psychiatric case and a father.
Dec 8th, 2009 · Robin D.G. Kelley's new book, Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original, focuses on the career of the eccentric jazz pianist and composer. It reveals new details about Monk's life, music and mental health problems, and provides a glimpse into the New York jazz scene of the mid-twentieth century.
Jun 2nd, 2008 · The most rambunctiously infectious song on Stoltz's recent Circular Sounds, "Tintinnabulation" functions as a sort of aural funhouse, where bells and whistles and reverberations transform a first-rate pop song into a dizzying, whimsical ride.
May 1st, 2008 · By day, Mike Kelley is a professional viola instructor and performer based in a sedate corner of rural New Hampshire. By night, Kelley Polar, electronic dance musician and "cosmic space traveler," is anything but.
Nov 4th, 2007 · Hilton Kelley believes oil refineries are destroying Port Arthur, Texas, which has some of the largest producers of gasoline in the country. But many residents are impoverished, and Kelley says refineries have taken from Port Arthur for decades, dumping toxic waste on its residents and leaving the town in shambles.