As Madison Bloom wrote in her review of the film: When Lebanese guitarists Lilas Mayassi and Shery Bechara met—in a riot, as they recall—the first thing they did was talk about music. It was the summer of 2015, and the two women were protesting the towering heaps of garbage amassing

Oct. 20-23: Lively arts, music, shows and entertainment in and around Manchester
This week’s round-up of live entertainment in and around Manchester is brought to you by A. Robert Dionne of Ted Herbert Music School & Rentals. Email your entertainment events to [email protected] for consideration. Be sure to add your events to the InkLink community calendar for possible inclusion in the live

Your Favorite TV Shows Are Giving Classic Hip-Hop Songs New Life
Make a Scene
Words: Luke Fox
The golden age of hip-hop is infiltrating some of TV’s most revered series of the modern era. From Nas to Wu-Tang Clan, classic rap tracks of the 1990s are soundtracking scene-stealing moments.
Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in the Fall 2022 issue of

A Composer Shows the Way to Give Classical Music Swing
Back in 1936, savvy listeners may have sensed that the novelty tune “Rhythm Saved the World” wasn’t only about its nominal subject: the drummer boys who motivated Revolutionary War soldiers at the Battle of Bunker Hill. No, as played by Louis Armstrong, it was clear that the song’s real

Video shows Putin playing Soviet songs, not Taiwan’s National Flag Anthem
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A video with hundreds of thousands of views on multiple social media posts has circulated online alongside a claim it shows Russian President Vladimir Putin playing Taiwan’s National Flag Anthem on a piano during his visit for the One Belt, One Road forum in

Norman Lear’s classic TV shows now streaming; new music; more: Buzz
Norman Lear’s classic TV shows now streaming
Norman Lear’s catalog of classic TV shows from the 1970s and ‘80s is coming to streaming. IndieWire reports Amazon Prime Video and its free (with ads) television platform IMDbTV will become the new home of “All in the Family,” “Diff’rent Strokes,” “The Jeffersons,”