Arts

Each year, 600,000-800,000 men, women and children are trafficked across international borders. Approximately 80 percent are women and girls. Human trafficking is the second largest source of illegal income worldwide, exceeded only by drug trafficking. International organization Stop the Traffik […]

Jazz may be America’s greatest contribution to music, and New Orleans, the birthplace of jazz, continues to celebrate its rich musical heritage. Jazz, gospel, Cajun, zydeco, blues, R&B, rock, funk, African, Latin, Caribbean, folk, and many other styles of music […]

A list of 15 places to entice any level photographer to travel and explore this beautiful world.   Santorini Island, Greece Santorini is truly incredible. The combination of the white houses and buildings, navy blue roofs, teal blue water, and […]

  No matter what country I was living in while growing up, there was one television show that was constant and served as “comfort TV”:  Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone and it so happens that the first episode touches on […]

‘The Record Collection Revival’ By: Katie Murphy Did you know that today, April 18th, is the official ‘Record Store Day?!’ It’s time to get out and support your local record store and recording artists. Vinyl collecting is not something that […]

This infographic, made by contributor Katie Murphy, outlines a few string instruments originating from Spain, Great Britain, China, India, South America and West Africa. There are so many different type of instruments from around the world that most people will […]

The Global Impact of the ‘Only Band that Mattered’ Somewhere between the 1960s when Bob Dylan performed folk songs about the civil unrest and racial tensions brimming in the United States, and the mid 1980s when the successful Live Aid […]

There is no doubt that America has some of the most diverse musical influences and talent due to the fact that we are a melting pot of immigrants and traditions. A few of the diversities present in the US include: […]