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Branson's best season: come fall in the Missouri Ozarks, the nation's music show capital takes on a special glow
UNLESS YOU'VE BEEN TO Branson, you've probably never heard of Shoji Tabuchi, a master fiddler from Japan who sports spangly jackets and a n]op of black ......(Continue Reading) The music never stopped: recordings depend on music, not vice versa
When I was young, I thought the music I heard on the radio was coming from live bands performing in the studios as I listened. I imagined pop groups ......(Continue Reading)In the secret country: Walter Mosley, doo-wop and '50s L.A - Books & Music - author's Easy Rawlins book series
IN 1990, WITH DEVIL IN A Blue Dress, Walter Mosley published the first of a series of crime novels. He meant to rewrite the postwar history of Los Angeles, ......(Continue Reading)New music from the old world: a tour of roots music from Southern Italy
If the only new music you've heard out of Italy recently has come from Andrea Boccelli or Laura Pausini, then you've been missing out on one of Europe's ......(Continue Reading)National identity in Brazilian popular music
The samba of my homeland Makes you mellow When it's played you can't help but sway. When it's danced, everybody shakes Whoever doesn't like samba a good fellow can not be He's ei...(Continue Reading)
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