Unpacking the Racialized Legacy of Jimi Hendrix

Journalist James Traub writes about the Wedtech company in his new book, Too Good To Be True. The Bronx-based, minority-led defense firm bribed politicians in order to earn government contracts with the support of the Reagan administration.

The Sony Classical label has begun issuing 50 CDs of the works of composer and conductor Pierre Boulez. Classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz reviews three offerings, with Boulez conducting works by Varese, Ravel, and Schonberg.

Television critic David Bianculli reviews American Chronicles, a new documentary series produced by Mark Frost and David Lynch--the same team responsible for Twin Peaks. The show will focus on the history of notable places and people, and retains some of the weirdness of co-creators' supernatural drama.