For example,the father of Mexican-American musician Zack de la Rocha spent time working as an art director for Mister Chavez.

VOA: special.2009.09.06

Pete Seeger could be called the King of the Protest Song, in the words of folk musician Tony Trischka.

VOA: special.2009.07.27

The only other reggae musician in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is the other major reggae star, Bob Marley.

VOA: special.2010.03.19

The crowd was filled with famous people, including musician Questlove, film director Spike Lee and clothing designer Tory Burch.

VOA: special.2010.11.26

Charlie developed as a musician by playing with different groups in public eating and drinking places called nightclubs.

VOA: special.2009.05.03

Before his death in nineteen eighty-three, Eubie Blake was believed to be the only musician still living who had played ragtime music.

VOA: special.2010.10.08

Sixty years later, President Obama awarded the British musician the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for American Song.

VOA: special.2010.06.18

He said it was impossible to overstate the influence Genesis had on him as a young musician.

VOA: special.2010.03.19

To play "air guitar" you move to the music as if you are playing an imaginary guitar, maybe like a famous rock musician.

VOA: special.2009.08.14

In nineteen twenty-four, jazz musician and orchestra leader Paul Whiteman decided to organize a special concert to show that jazz was serious music.

VOA: special.2009.02.15

They include the band Kings of Leon and musician Bela Fleck, performers Lady Gaga and Lady Antebellum.

VOA: special.2010.02.05

The album was produced in Jamaica at the recording studio of the famous reggae musician,Bob Marley.

VOA: special.2009.03.20

In April of nineteen ninety-four the musician shot and killed himself at his home in Seattle,Washington.

VOA: special.2009.11.06

And he continued to be successful. But Seeger says he never planned on becoming a musician.

VOA: special.2009.05.22

One night in nineteen thirty-six, the young musician decided to take part in a "jam session."

VOA: special.2009.05.03

In nineteen ninety-two Kurt Cobain married musician Courtney Love and the couple had a baby girl.

VOA: special.2009.11.06

Next week,we tell about how he traveled to New York City and became a well-known musician.

VOA: special.2010.06.13

Awadi is a Senegalese musician who created the band called Positive Black Soul in nineteen eighty-nine.

VOA: special.2009.10.14

Benny was such a good violin player that,for a time, he wanted to become a musician.

VOA: special.2009.10.11

By the age of twenty-three he was performing with the famous blues musician Taj Mahal.

VOA: special.2009.05.08