Listening to Felix's feature on female Latin jazz vocalists got me thinking about this again. But it all began when music super-consumer Steve Smith alerted ABS to this charming little take on "I Want ...

Rather than aiming for any particularly subtle jokes or sly gags, Gary Larson's The Far Sidehas always embraced absurdist humor in the most overt of ways. That said, it doesn't always take much ...

“It’s a radical decision not to use words,” picture book creator David Wiesner told an online audience in a lecture last Thursday night, July 22. “When the artist removes the text, they invite readers ...

From the dawn of ‘Tutti Frutti’ to the advent of ‘MMMBop’ and beyond, placing actual words in your song has never been an impediment to scoring a hit record. We're focusing on those in this list, the ...

“Hey Jude” (Beatles) You can’t make a list of the best wordless refrains without including “Hey Jude.” Paul McCartney spent the back third of this song doing nothing but “na na na-ing”. Not many ...

“One of South Africa’s biggest challenges is the large proportion of children who cannot read for meaning. Without a strong foundation in early literacy learning before primary school, children are ...