Jun 2nd, 2008 · Blind since birth, the New Orleans piano wizard embraces all of the bluesy musical styles of his native city, as well as the classical training of his youth. He gives an interview and performance in NPR's Studio 4A.
Oct 27th, 2007 · Bill Butler, who owns a Texas bookstore and collects 60's memorabilia, bought one of the ultimate mementos of that age: about a hundred strands of hair from Che Guevara. Butler paid $119,000 for the hair, a set of Guevara's fingerprints, pictures of him in death, and maps used to find him.
Oct 22nd, 2007 · Today he's primarily known as a smooth jazz artist, but during his early years in South Africa, Jonathan Butler was an R&B trailblazer. Farai Chideya talks with Butler about what it was like to be South African star by age 12.
Jul 13th, 2007 · Butlers may still be for the exceedingly wealthy, but more and more busy professionals are turning to personal assistants, who can be hired by the hour to run errands and do chores.
Apr 22nd, 2007 · The weather is warming, and it's gotten the Head Butler, a.k.a. Jesse Kornbluth, thinking about baseball. Kornbluth says John Tunis' book, The Kid from Tomkinsville, is just the thing to get people into a baseball mood.
Apr 5th, 2007 · John Butler grew up in a small Australian town, where he learned to play guitar and absorbed musical styles. A subsequent obsession with the acoustic guitar and world music led to his development of an eclectic sound, which he honed as a busking guitarist.
Feb 23rd, 2007 · Much-lauded science-fiction writer Octavia E. Butler died last year in a fall at the age of 58. Her final novel, called Fledgling has recently been reprinted in paperback.
Feb 10th, 2007 · The world is running short on butlers. No, really. The number of wealthy individuals who will pay $50,000 and up for a well-trained butler has outstripped the number of people prepared to execute those jobs with grace and precision.