Culture Watch

If we get the heroes we deserve, then Pete Rose may just be the man for America today.

Nontando Hadebe 4-01-2004

The distinctive sound of Ladysmith Black Mambazo is one of the finest expressions of African music.

Molly Marsh 4-01-2004

Paul Farmer is a humble force of nature, if that's possible.

I came to the capital for a one-year internship, like so many Washingtonians, believing I'd get my fill of city life and move on to greener pastures, literally.

Bruce Cockburn 4-01-2004

Sojourners: I would like to hear generally about your trip to Iraq, but specifically, I'm really interested in your experiences as a musician and a songwriter there. How did it come about that you were a part of this delegation anyway?

The Editors 4-01-2004

Four April 2004 culture recommendations from our editors

The best reading on Christianity and the environment.
Mark Lombardi tried to visualize the spirit of his age.
Andrea Jeyaveeran 2-01-2004
Our Lady of the Forest, by David Guterson.
J.R. Burkholder 2-01-2004
Captain America and the Crusade Against Evil: The Dilemma of Zealous Nationalism, by Robert Jewett and John Shelton Lawrence.

Sam Phillips spread the blues, broke racial barriers - and left a mixed legacy.

Rose Marie Berger 2-01-2004

The Earth Moves at Midnight, by Muray Bodo

The quiet outrage of James Nachtwey's photography.

The Editors 2-01-2004

Four February 2004 culture recommendations from our editors

Duane Shank 1-01-2004
The Cost of Moral Leadership: The Spirituality of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, by Geffrey B. Kelly and F. Burton Nelson.
1-01-2004
Soul Journey, by Gillian Welch.
Kimberly Burge 1-01-2004

One last time, the Man in Black brings his music, and love, to the Carter Family Fold.

The Editors 1-01-2004

Sing for Justice

The beer-commercial sensibility of deliberate, cultivated empty-headedness is pervasive.

Richard Shindell sings a good story.