Taking the reins of a jazz band numbering over a dozen musicians is challenging enough. But Marshall Allen faced a unique obstacle after eventually replacing the deceased Sun Ra as director of his...
But if a concert—namely, Wale’s appearance Friday, Aug. 28—was produced in such a way that 75 percent of undergraduates had little chance of showing up, was it truly a Duke event?
Mark Anthony Neal interprets Michael Jackson's cultural legacy through Duke's latest digital initiative, Online Office Hours.
The Resistance is a fitting title for Muse’s fifth album. The fact that the U.K. group still makes records seems to resist the law of nature that bad bands eventually die out.
U.K. outfit Manic Street Preachers’ ninth album, Journal for Plague Lovers, retains their 1990s guitar rock sound all the way.
Being hip-hop’s global ambassador for more than a decade has changed Jay-Z's perspective, but more than that, it’s changed his lifestyle.