Justin Simien’s Dear White People hammers home the message that everyone is always more complicated than the color of their skin. Since the shooting of Michael...
Author - Danny Duncan Collum
Bonnie “Prince” Billy (Drag City Records, 2014) “Keep Louisville weird” is a slogan you commonly see around the Falls of the Ohio, on...
As student loan debt surpasses U.S. credit card debt, documentaries ask the tough questions about a college education. For at least the past 30 years, since...
Joe Henry (Work Song, 2014) Joe Henry may always be thought of as the T Bone Burnett of his generation. After all, his career began when the legendary producer...
Flesh may be weak, but our skin is what holds us together and keeps us human. Artificial intelligence (AI) refers to computer systems that can do things we...
Sam Baker (Self-released, 2013) Say Grace is a collection of rough-hewn jewels honoring the people Sam Baker calls “everyday heroes.” There is the flagman on...
Chuck Mead (Plowboy Records, 2014) Chuck Mead began his musical life as a punk rocker in his native Lawrence, Kansas; then he got the itch to play country and...
Some of America’s best-known musicians have come from its least-known places. “I Never Loved a Man (The Way That I Love You)” by Aretha Franklin. “Land of...
Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings (Daptone Records, 2014) If what the people want is music with deep roots, honest emotions, and spiritual fire, then this album...
Hollywood’s recent flood of slavery-themed films might be a sign that our nation is finally ready to confront the sins of its past. Theodore Parker, the...
