An aerial view of the massive crowds that crowded around the stage at the Woodstock Music and Arts Festival in Bethel, N.Y., Aug. 16, 1969. (Marty Lederhandler/AP) (The Conversation is an independent ...
Some of the 20th century’s most defining pop music emerged from the period during which the Vietnam War was fought — and in the installment of the Ken Burns and Lynn Novick docu-series The Vietnam War ...
In Vietnam today, patriotic odes to the glory of the revolution may still be heard at Communist Party meetings, but millions of ordinary Vietnamese opt for the modern pop songs being belted out on CDs ...
Two of Vietnam's most esteemed musicians bring their music to the Asia Society. Ms. Nguyen Thanh Thuy presents the exquisite music of the dan tranh (zither), a traditional instrument originally from ...
Music is central to Ken Burns’s new Vietnam War documentary, with an original score accompanied by samples of the era’s most popular musicians, from the Rolling Stones to Bob Dylan. According to USA ...