Michael Jackson

Seniority rules at Yale, but not entirely. The Whiffenpoofs are the century-old men’s a cappella ensemble, limited to 14 vocalists from each year’s senior class — you’ll hear them on this week’s show. But there’s a noteworthy junior who’s hot on their heels. Tenor Sam Tsui is a featured soloist with the Duke’s Men of […]

This week New York welcomes ‘Performa ’09‘, the third biennial of performance art to hit the city. The event features more than 150 artists over three weeks, and one of whom has me very excited. I was lucky enough to experience South African artist Candice Breitz’s video installation ‘Legend’ a few years ago, and have […]

It’s been a year since the death of the King of Pop. Singer-songwriter Judith Hill was hired to perform with Michael Jackson on his never-realized tour. She could make a career in Jackson’s shadow, but she’s ready to step out on her own. Produced by Lisa Katayama.

The first-ever disco song, the one that spawned the entire American craze, made its debut in the Top 40 this week in 1973. Only, back then, it wasn’t yet disco. In fact, it wasn’t even American. The song was “Soul Makossa,” and most music historians credit its popularity with disco’s inception. It comes from the […]

Renata Flores, an indigenous Peruvian, is also an Internet sensation. That happened after a video of her singing a Michael Jackson hit went viral. Flores wasn’t singing the song in English or Spanish. Instead, she sang it in her native tongue, Quechua.