Dear listening ears/reading eyes, For a long time, I've introduced myself as a banjo player from the Eastern Shore of Maryland. I'm a hiker and an environmentalist. I'm an optimist. I'm loud. I'm still all those things, but I went quiet for a few years. I cut my long...

Salvador Dali , Los Elefantes (1948) George Miller , Mad Max Fury Road (2015)

Bob Moore "Mexico" 1961 Electric Light Orchestra "Across the Border" 1977 The Coasters "Down in Mexico" 1956 Wall of Voodoo "Mexican Radio" 1982 Christopher Cross "Ride Like the Wind" 1988 Patsy Cline "South Of The Border (Down Mexico Way)"...

On a morning from a Bogart movieIn a country where they turn back timeYou go strolling through the crowd like Peter LorreContemplating a crimeShe comes out of the sun in a silk dress runningLike a watercolor in the rainDon't bother asking for explanationsShe'll just...

Illustrator David Stone Martin was one of the most prolific and influential graphic designers of the postwar era, creating over 400 album covers. With his signature hand-drawn calligraphic lines, DSM perfectly captured the energy and spontaneity of the jazz idiom.    ...

Roger Hawkins, Muscle Shoals Drummer on Aretha Franklin Classics, Dead at 75. Hawkins was inducted into the Alabama Music Hall of Fame in 1995 and the Musicians Hall of Fame in 2008. Aretha Franklin "Respect" , Wilson Pickett "Land of 1000 Dances" , Percy Sledge "Whe...