It was a beautiful summer afternoon, as Tom Paxton picked up his acoustic guitar under a bright tent at the Clearwater Festival in Croton Point Park, some 30-plus miles north of New York City.
The executives who are driving success outside the United States have contributed to a ninth consecutive year of growth for the global recorded-music business.
Nelson, who turns 90 in April, is the subject of an engrossing and unflinching five-part portrait of the cultural icon from filmmakers Thom Zimny and Oren Moverman.
“My background, my racial mixture, my past, the music that went through my house, it all comes out in my music,” says the singer in a film that premiered at the DOC NYC festival.
In July 1985, the singer’s remark onstage at the Live Aid charity mega-concert inspired Nelson to create his first benefit for America’s family farmers in September of that year.
As the global recorded-music business sees its eighth year of consecutive growth, the industry’s top executives driving success outside the U.S. are leading the way.
Bearded and dressed in black, Browne looked the part of a spiritual music master — guiding listeners through mysteries of the heart and the turmoil of a troubled world.
A video from Noel Paul Stookey accompanies “Ukrainian Now!” a call for
solidarity and support for the nearly six million people who have fled the
nation since war began.