In an era where individuals across the U.S. are calling for racial justice, one legendary music producer is stepping up to change a childhood classic you may not know has a racist past. "Turkey in the ...

Sunday being National Ice Cream Day, Bill Warren, owner of I Scream Ice Cream on Carlisle Boulevard NE, is pretty happy about being chosen recently by Yelp as one of the very best ice cream shops in ...

Here’s something that’ll make it impossible to hear the ice cream truck song in the same way: The seemingly sweet and whimsical tune has a racist history. Viola Davis just dropped that knowledge on ...

Language advisory: This interview contains a discussion of racial slurs. It turns out the ice cream truck jingle has its roots in one of the most racist songs in American history. (Karah ...

On July 15, 1984, President Ronald Reagan signed a proclamation declaring July National Ice Cream Month, and called "upon the people of the United States to observe these events with appropriate ...

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Michael Hearst, of Brooklyn book-rock collective One Ring Zero, is the man behind Songs For Ice Cream Trucks. As such, he has single-handedly reinvented the timeless sound we often hear on the street ...

Michael Hearst, a founder of the band One Ring Zero, put out his Songs for Ice Cream Trucks CD mostly for fun. But he's been getting calls from ice-cream truck drivers who want to use them. Some of ...

Is there anything that says "summer" better than ice cream? Well, beer maybe. And hot dogs. And baseball and barbecue and beach parties. Okay, lots of things say "summer," but we're getting ...