Email Author Peter S. Scholtes

2011 Stories by Peter S. Scholtes

• Guilty Simpson

  published May 4, 2011

  There's more to Detroit's Guilty Simpson than a hilarious moniker (modified from the original "Guilt," and using his real last name) or an... More >>

• Jersey Boys

  published April 20, 2011

  We can't change the places where we were born, but we can bring the world to them. If the music is good enough, that is. That problem, in the case... More >>

• Pixies

  published April 20, 2011

  Bask in the incandescent weirdness of "I Bleed" or "Break My Body" or "Velouria" now, and you might wonder how one of the great bands could say so... More >>

• Harlem Globetrotters

  published March 30, 2011

  With their Chicago origins, multiple lineups, and winning streaks to rival a dictator's luck at the ballot box, the Phoenix-based Harlem... More >>

• Ladysmith Black Mambazo

  published February 16, 2011

  Though they caught the non-Zulu-speaking world's ear a quarter-century ago with Paul Simon, and launched a quarter-century before that, South... More >>

• Old 97's

  published February 16, 2011

  Having suggested, on 2004's "Won't Be Home," that the unquenchable longing souring so many relationships goes back to a person's exit from the... More >>

• The 5th Annual TC Hip Hop Awards

  published January 26, 2011

  Respect the underground—or at least enjoy it. Previous TC Hip Hop Awards have been great showbiz as well as great hip hop, showcasing hot... More >>

• Lyrics Born

  published January 26, 2011

  With his wife Joyo Velarde, Bay Area rapper Tom Shimura has recorded some of the more memorable rap songs that craft original funk from scratch... More >>

• Angelique Kidjo

  published January 19, 2011

  Show-woman enough to command a stage shared by Black Eyed Peas at last year's World Cup kick-off celebration, Benin-born Afro-dance superstar... More >>

• The Flying Karamazov Brothers

  published January 5, 2011

  These juggling legends didn't invent the mixture of humor and danger bubbling out of West Coast street performance in the 1970s, but they did take... More >>