Music
Student Music Query: What We Listened To
January 25, 2019
Grace Powers, a senior at Drexel University, is working on her senior thesis, which she has titled "The Affect of American Popular Music on Vietnam Veterans during War Time." The goal of the project, she…
Cyril Pahinui, 1950-2018
December 19, 2018
Cyril Pahinui, a renowned Hawaiian lack-key guitar player who was drafted into the Army and served in the Vietnam War, died November 17 at age 68 of an Agent Orange-related lung disorder and pneumonia. Pahinui…
Memorial Day Writers Project in D.C. May 28
May 23, 2018
The Memorial Day Writers Project will hold its 25th biannual reading on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Memorial Day, Monday May 28, from 11:30 am to 5:30 pm. The Project's tent will be set up…
May Screening in D.C. of ‘Vietnam: An Inner View’ doc
March 28, 2018
The new documentary film, "Vietnam: An Inner View," will have its Atlantic Coast premiere on Thursday, May 24, at the Avalon Theatre in Washington, D.C. There will be two screenings of the film, which the…
Henry Threadgill Performs in NYC in November – Vietnam Vets Invited
October 27, 2017
The renowned Pulitzer-Prize-winning jazz composer Henry Threadgill will be performing mixed media pieces in two venues in New York City in mid-November: on November 17 at 7:30 p.m at the Tilton Gallery (8 E. 76th St.), and on November 18…
Henry Threadgill at Lincoln Center: VVA Members Invited
August 24, 2017
The renowned jazz musician Henry Threadgill will be doing two concerts, on September 22 and 23, at Rose Theater in Lincoln Center in New York City. Titled “The Pulitzer Nights,” the concerts will highlight the…
Memorial Day Writers Project – May 29 on The Mall in D.C.
May 16, 2017
The Memorial Day Writers Project will hold its 24th biannual open mic event for veterans and friends of veterans on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. on Memorial Day, Monday, May 29, starting at 11:30 a.m. The…
‘Music and Veterans’ Panel at the Library of Congress May 5
April 27, 2017
Music and Veterans: The Vietnam Era & Disco is the title of a panel discussion that will be held from 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. on Friday, May 5, at the Library of Congress. Karen…
Scoring the Vietnam War (in the Ken Burns Doc)
February 1, 2017
Trent Reznor, best known as the lead singer of the hard rocking band Nine Inch Nails , also has made his mark in recent years as a composer of movie scores. He and collaborator Atticus Ross…
Stars & Stripes: Music and the Vietnam War
November 10, 2016
The just-posted November 10 Stars & Stripes has an excellent feature article that can be read on line, "Vietnam: The First Rock and Roll War " by Sean Moores, that looks in depth at popular music and…