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Melissa Etheridge: On Fear and Freedom
When Academy and Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Melissa Etheridge blogged that she intended to protest California’s vote against same-sex marriage by not paying her state taxes, she raised a few eyebrows, but made a great point. Etheridge spoke with us about her continuing fight to make her family legal, how surviving breast cancer changed her life, what inspired “A New Thought for Christmas”—her latest album—and why she knows that the Equality Ball will be the best party at Barack Obama’s inauguration.
Behind the Camera: An Interview with Annie Leibovitz
Hudson Valley resident Annie Leibovitz has just published Annie Leibovitz at Work (Random House, 2008), an overview of her career and an account of how some of her most famous photographs were made. In describing how the book came together, she gave us a charming and frank view of her life behind the camera.
Dar Williams: On BeginningsBorn and bred in and around the valley, Dar Williams’ career as a singer-songwriter is impressive. She began playing the Boston coffeehouse scene in the 1990s, but it wasn’t long before she was discovered by Joan Baez. In addition to recording 10 albums, Dar has also written children’s books and a guide to finding health food on the highway. She talks about gardening and songwriting with the same infectious passion.
We’re proud to call her one of ours.
Cyndi Lauper's True Colors Cyndi Lauper helped define the 1980s, but unlike many people from that era, she remains an icon, making music, performing live, and making a statement.
There’s half a page devoted to the word play in my dictionary. It can mean anything from amusement, sport, or other recreation to something that “seems to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly: The breeze played on the water.”
Patrick Milbourn, Richard Merkin, Roy Hermes Kanwit
Arts and Culture: UR the Apple of My I
InsideMusic: What to Wear to a Jazz Club (and What Not to Wear in Paris)
