Louis Armstrong

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Iconic musician Carlos Santana creates ‘mystical medicine music to heal a twisted, crooked world’

Woodstock 50th anniversary music festival has been officially canceled. Carlos Santana, who performed at the epic 1969 Woodstock festival, talks to The World about the power of music to unite and heal a troubled world.

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How wartime prejudice brought young Japanese Americans together for life

Culture
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Do alcohol and pot really make you more creative? It depends

Lifestyle & Belief
Cannabis close-up

Do alcohol and pot really make you more creative? It depends

Lifestyle & Belief
The World

When Duke Ellington Played Kabul

Arts, Culture & Media

No secular music for funerals, says Australian Catholic Church

Arts, Culture & Media

Funerals are meant to be solemn affairs, according to the Catholic Church in Australia, and only religious music is allowed.

Mehmet Ertegun and jazz

Arts, Culture & Media

Bruce Wallace reports on concerts being hosted by the Turkish Embassy in DC. They commemorate a series of ground-breaking concerts organized in the 1930’s by the sons of Ambassador Mehmet Ertegun. Ahmet Ertegun went on to form Atlantic Records.

The World

Japan’s Zukuna Sisters impress SXSW crowd

Arts, Culture & Media

The World’s Marco Werman tells anchor Lisa Mullins about the Japanese girl group Zukuna Sisters who played a poignantly uplifting version of “What a Wonderful World” by Louis Armstrong at the South by Southwest music festival.

The World

Previously unheard ‘savory’ jazz collection discovered

Arts, Culture & Media

Jazz aficionados have long spoken of an unrivaled collection of the greatest jazz musicians from 1930s. Now, a collection of their greatest live recordings have been discovered and stored at the National Jazz Museum. The Takeaway talks with the curator.

The World

Ol’ Blue Eyes: what John Mccain and Barack Obama have in common

Arts, Culture & Media

On the eve of the Democratic and Republican conventions, Blender Magazine polled presumptive Presidential nominees Barack Obama and John McCain for their favorite songs. While Obama and McCain may differ politically, they have one musical taste in common: a love for Ol’ Blue Eyes, Frank Sinatra.