J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...
Plenty of songs through the 20th century have been banned from radio stations around the world. Rock music, in particular, has historically been censored quite a bit. “God Save The Queen” by Sex ...
Singer–songwriter Lawd Ito draws inspiration from his Afro-Caribbean roots. He tells us about his Tiny Desk entry, "Aguanile," which opens with a prayer. ITO: (Singing in Spanish). SIMON: He entered ...
SIMON: He entered the song in the NPR's Tiny Desk Contest. While the song didn't win, its energy and rhythm stayed with us. ITO: A lot of my earliest memories of music, they all go back to when I grew ...
So much of music can be inspired by an artist's roots. (SOUNDBITE OF LAWD ITO SONG, "AGUANILE") SIMON: Lawd Ito drew on his Puerto Rican heritage to write this song, "Aguanile." (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, ...
LAWD ITO: (Non-English language spoken). SCOTT SIMON, HOST: So much of music can be inspired by an artist's roots. (SOUNDBITE OF LAWD ITO SONG, "AGUANILE") SIMON: Lawd Ito drew on his Puerto Rican ...
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