You’d be forgiven if you can’t hum the 18th-century Cumbrian folk song “Do Ye Ken John Peel.” But in 1942, a version of that ...

Treach is finally stepping into solo territory and for Hip-Hop purists, this is a moment decades in the making. The legendary rapper and former lead MC ...

You write that “California Learns From Mississippi” (Review & Outlook, Sept. 27) on phonics, but I fear you give too much credit to Golden State legislators. Assembly Bill 2222, proposed in 2024, ...

Jeffrey McQuillan claims that encouraging phonics instruction will be a “train wreck” in California (Letters, Oct. 3). Yet his main piece of evidence, a 2020 analysis, is wanting. Aside from some ...

Today would have been the late Marc Bolan’s 78th birthday, and it’s being marked by the unveiling of some previously unreleased T. Rex music. “I’m Dazed” was originally laid to tape in March 1975 at ...

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 ...

Re: “Far too many California children can’t read” (Page A7, June 17). Denise Amos says that California districts encourage students to memorize words, and believes they should instead be using phonics ...

Ryan is a lifestyle and culture journalist born and raised in the Philippines. He primarily covers film, television, music, and all things pop culture. Beyond writing, you can find him buried in ...

To the editor: In 1970, I was a student teacher and then a second-grade teacher in New York. I later became a learning and reading specialist and taught the teachers. Throughout my training, I learned ...

Dolly Parton is delivering a melodic sendoff for her late husband Carl Dean. Dean, who died Monday at 82, was Parton's longtime leading man, supporting her quietly behind the scenes for six decades.

Dolly Parton is mourning the death of her husband, Carl Thomas Dean, with an emotional new song in his honor. On March 6, the country music icon, who announced earlier this week that Dean had died on ...

Dolly Parton is paying tribute to her late husband, Carl Dean, with a new emotional song titled “If You Hadn’t Been There.” The country singer shared the album art — including a throwback photo of the ...