Entertainment & Arts
The pre-boomer generation that reached maturity in the late 1940s and ‘50s saw the detached, bohemian culture of the jazz world as a hip refuge from the conservatism of postwar American society.
Aug. 14, 2000
Music
On the final Saturday night of Coachella 2015, the singer and guitarist Jack White bid farewell to the 90,000-plus revelers by leading them in a chant.
April 19, 2015
Who gets to play most of the solos when the drummer is the leader of the band? Make a wild guess.
Feb. 6, 1998
Books
You chose your words from mouths of babes got lost in the wood.
Aug. 2, 1994
Jack Kerouac’s legend continues with a newly released play: 1957’s ‘Beat Generation.’
Oct. 26, 2005
ON THE ROAD by Jack Kerouac (Penguin: $6.95).
Jan. 6, 1991
Ginger Baker may not be “a man of words,” as he says himself.
Nov. 3, 1991
It was a stripped-down version of jazz-vocal band Bopsicle that played Vinnie’s on Sunday afternoon.
June 29, 1993
Singer-guitarist Buddy Blue left his previous band, the Beat Farmers, in early 1986 because, after three years of playing country-flavored “American roots” rock, he was eager to return to something a little more soulful.
May 11, 1988