Questlove's new documentary called "Sly Lives! (AKA The Burden Of Black Genius)" is about the impact of Sly Stone and his band Sly and the Family Stone on music and culture.
Faithfull, who died Jan. 30, was discovered at a Rolling Stones party in 1964 and later became Mick Jagger's girlfriend. She went on to become an acclaimed singer. Originally broadcast in '94 and '05.
In the new film "I'm Still Here," the Brazilian filmmaker Walter Salles tells the true story of a Rio de Janeiro mother who reinvents herself when Brazil's military dictatorship goes after her husband. The movie has been Oscar-nominated for both Best Picture and Best International Feature Film. Our critic-at-large, John Powers, says that "I'm Still Here" is a moving, inspiring, beautifully made story about learning to confront tyranny.
Author Brittany Newell, who loves to write about the secret worlds of others, the things people do, she says, that make their lives more bearable. Her newest novel, "Soft Core," takes the reader into San Francisco's underworld of dive bars, strip clubs and BDSM dungeons, where tech bros, executives and outcasts live out their fantasies.
The new Bob Dylan movie has put our book critic, Maureen Corrigan, in a New York state of mind. Here's her review of two quintessential New York books.
A new show from the late All in the Family producer centers on an Alabama widower and his trans daughter. Clean Slate delivers laughs and tenderness, courtesy of stars George Wallace and Laverne Cox.
President Trump blames a shortage of recruits on DEI programs, but The New Yorker writer Dexter Filkins says not enough people want to enlist, and many who do don't pass the weight limit or aptitude test.
'Wicked' star and Oscar nominee Ariana Grande joins Tonya Mosley to discuss working with co-star Cynthia Erivo, growing up in a musical family, and handling self doubt.
In 2019, Sarah Wildman's daughter, Orli, was just 10 when she was diagnosed with hepatoblastoma, a rare form a liver cancer. Over the next few years, Wildman chronicled Orli's illness for The New York Times, where she is a staff writer and editor for the Opinion section.
Author Ricky Riccardi says Armstrong's innovations as a trumpeter and vocalist helped set the entire soundtrack of the 20th century. His new book about Armstrong's early life is Stomp Off, Let's Go.
The filmmakers of this emotionally powerful documentary followed Delwin Fiddler Jr. as he returned home to South Dakota after years in Philadelphia — then kept revisiting him for more than a decade.
Derek Thompson from The Atlantic about his February cover story called "The Anti-Social Century," which looks at how Americans are spending less time with other people. Over the last 20 years, hanging out with others has plunged by more than 20%, choosing me time instead. Now, the problem is that humans by nature are social beings, and the consequences of isolation are stark.
scholar Imani Perry about her new book, "Black In Blues." It's a fascinating meditation on the color blue and how it is intertwined with the concept of Blackness from the dying of indigo cloths in West Africa to Louis Armstrong's question, what did I do to be so black-and-blue? Imani Perry is the National Book Award-winning author of "South To America," as well as several other books including "Looking For Lorraine," which is a biography of the playwright Lorraine Hansberry, and "Breathe: A Letter To My Sons."
As SNL marks its 50th anniversary, Questlove has a new documentary, highlighting the musical guests and music comedy sketches featured over the decades. Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music is the work of a storied musician and filmmaker who remembers watching the show when he was a kid growing up in Philly.
The rhythmic sense that made Ringo a great rock drummer guides his vocals here. The result is relaxed authority that usually only a genius like Willie Nelson or Ray Charles can make sound so easy.
In Ladies & Gentlemen… 50 Years of SNL Music, Questlove mines the archive of musical performances, while the four-part series SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night dives into the show's creative process.
Bloomberg investigative reporter Zeke Faux says the Trump family crypto business offers anyone seeking favor with the new administration a legal way to send money directly to the president.
Feiffer, who died Jan. 17, first published his self-titled comic strip in The Village Voice in 1956. Later syndicated, Feiffer went on to run for more than four decades. Originally broadcast in 1982.
