What Was Brandi Carlile Reciting on ‘SNL’? How Thomas Jefferson’s Proclamation About Separating ‘Church & State’ Made It Into a Blazing Rock Song

Two rarities during the musical performances on “Saturday Night Live” this weekend: actual rock ‘n’ roll was performed. Even rarer than that, Thomas Jefferson was quoted — prominently and at length — ...
Peninsula News Review

Island writer Shari Green honoured for Song of Freedom, Song of Dreams

Shari Green was awarded the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People at a gala event in Toronto on Oct. 27 for her novel, Song of Freedom, Song of Dreams. “Green’s gripping novel ...

Without the song, ‘The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald’ may have been largely forgotten

Without Gordon Lightfoot’s song, the Edmund Fitzgerald could have faded from memory along with the names of the roughly 6,500 ...
The Daily Progress

Nicholas Britell's background in hip-hop inspires his classical scores for Hollywood

Composer Nicholas Britell is known for his classical scores for TV and film, including "Succession" and "12 Years a Slave." ...
London Review of Books

On Nicholas Lanier

The Nicholas Lanier portrait that I came across so unexpectedly at Frieze Masters doesn’t have the prestige of the ...