Last month, I wrote an essay for The Atlantic about Sony's relaunch of the historic OKeh Records imprint, noting the absence of black American jazz artists among the label's initially announced batch ...
O.K. is a pair of initials with a multitude of uses -- not to mention a number of different explanations of how it came to be. An upcoming anniversary is the occasion for Mo Rocca to investigate: Word ...
Update, May 7: In a Q&A with John Murph, Wulf Müller and Chuck Mitchell have responded to the issues raised in the below essay. OKeh Records could have a new race problem—a peculiar predicament ...
J.D. Harris (far left) spent most of his life in Asheville, North Carolina, where he took part in the Okeh recording sessions in 1925. A century ago, OKeh Records made the first attempt at capturing ...
LOCAL STAR: Ernest Helton, left, a West Asheville-based musician of Native American heritage, performed “Royal Clog” for Okeh Records. He and his brother Osey, also seen in this circa-1940 photo, were ...
Sony Classical is relaunching historic OKeh Records as its primary jazz imprint. Overseeing OKeh is Chuck Mitchell, and Wulf Muller. Upcoming releases include work by Bill Frisell, David Sanborn… By ...
A Nigerian prolific writer, Ikenna Okeh has put finishing touches to unveil his newest novel titled ‘Rogues of the East.’ The Europe based Nigerian novelist and made this known in a release to ...
I am a Licensed Board-Certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner who is passionate about providing compassionate and holistic care for your mental health via tele-psychiatry throughout the ...
A new book simply titled “Deportee” is set to grace the bookshelves and homes of discerning readers. The highly intriguing masterpiece and thought provoking book that queries ones illogical and ...
I am a Licensed Board-Certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner who is passionate about providing compassionate and holistic care for your mental health via tele-psychiatry throughout the ...