Every superhero has an alter-ego – often a nerdy, bespectacled young man who never gets a second glance as he strides down the street, searching for a telephone booth or dark alleyway where he can tear off his glasses and become Superman or Spiderman, or grow shirt-bursting green muscles and become the Hulk. For suave hip-hop superhero Gnarls Barkley, however,...

Art Rosenbaum, who recently retired after teaching at the University of Georgia since 1976, has been recording, writing about, drawing and painting pictures of America’s most notable players of homemade music for over 50 years now. His first two publications are music instruction classics: Old-Time Mountain Banjo (Oak Publications, 1968); and The Art of the...

Sam Moore, half of the legendary 1960’s soul duo Sam & Dave, has had the creative itch to be a solo artist for some time. After the duo officially broke up in 1969, Moore struggled to cultivate his own identity. He was bound not only by massive hits like “Soul Man” and “Hold On, I’m Comin,” but also by having been part of a popular musical team....