Richie Havens: Folk Singer Dies at 72
Tom Cole of NPR's blog The Record is reporting that folk singer Richie Havens has died of a heart attack today at the age...
Philadelphia International Records Office Gets Torn Down
The house where legendary songwriters Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff crafted “The Sound of Philadelphia” has been dismantled coincidentally on Record Store Day.
Vince Lattanzio...
U.S. Cancer Institute to Import Cuban Vaccine
Caribbean 360 is reporting that Cuba’s Center of Molecular Immunology and New York’s Roswell Park Cancer Institute, have signed an agreement to export a...
'Two Weeks Until the Rest of My Life' Makes DC Debut at THEARC THEATER
"Two Weeks Until the Rest of My Life," a story about making hard choices between career and true love is making its way to...
Breaking: Explosion at Colorado Springs NAACP Headquarters
Jesse Paul of the Denver Post is reporting that an improvised explosive device was detonated against the exterior wall of a building housing the...
Jose James Pays Homage to ‘Lady Day’
Traveling the world inspires Jose James’ music. The down-to-earth, Minneapolis-born baritone normally likes to scope out a city’s mood and architecture, but it’s through...
Director Kevin Kerslake Releases Doc on DJ AM
Kevin Kerslake’s latest film, As I AM: The Life and Times of DJ AM, is a 97-minute feature documentary profiling the success and tumultuous...
Happy Earth Day? First Qtr of 2015 Earth’s Warmest Ever
Each year, Earth Day, April 22, marks the anniversary of what many consider the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970. Millions of...
Throwback 2009: Africa Celebrates Obama’s Inauguration
On the heels of the 2013 inauguration for the United States 44th President Barack Hussein Obama II, the Burton Wire decided to find some...
Throwback 2009: Africa Celebrates Obama's Inauguration
On the heels of the 2013 inauguration for the United States 44th President Barack Hussein Obama II, the Burton Wire decided to find some...
