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Not everyone who was part of rap's ascent gets included in its story. MC Sha-Rock, of the original Funky 4 and the Funky 4 + 1, reaffirms her role in hip-hop's formative years as the first woman MC.

In Harper Lee's classic first novel, Scout Finch's neighbor is known for her Lane cakes. But it's now hard to find this Southern layered sponge cake filled with raisins and whiskey anywhere.

A booming economy and ever fewer migrants crossing the border haven't eased a populist backlash against the German chancellor's political allies in the wealthy alpine state of Bavaria.

This year's Smithsonian Folklife Festival featured "Indigenous Voices of the Americas" and was full of surprises — like Bolivian women skateboarding in traditional garb — bowler hats and poofy skirts.

Caregiving responsibilities can cut young people off from peers and interrupt their emerging life story. And there's been little research or support directed at this group. That's starting to change.

What a lovely request: the brief Alleluia by Randall Thompson. This magical setting of the happiest of words is a favorite with high school choruses and…

WEAK POST, WITH A FIVE-PART VIDEO ONLY. TRASH IT. Mondays can be tough; rainy Mondays are worse. As you get into your work week, let Igor Stravinsky put a…

So often we separate our love of music into categories - classical, pop, jazz, rock - but a song that most fans of '60s rock group The Doors attributed to…

It's all Meryl Streep's fault. Truly it is. If she hadn't had a birthday last month, I wouldn't have come across a reference to her having a Muppet…

In a recent blog, I wrote about Colin Matthews' composition Pluto, the Renewer, which he added to Holst's The Planets in 2000. (Pluto May Be Small, but it…