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Just a heads up to those of you waiting for the next folk music movie soundtrack … Tim O'Brien, Ralph Stanley, Dirk Powell, Norman Blake, and Tim Just a heads up to those of you waiting for the next folk music movie soundtrack ... Tim O'Brien, Ralph Stanley, Dirk Powell, Norman Blake, and Tim Eriksen ......(Continue Reading) War, music, and evolution - Forum - Critical Essay One recent morning, I awoke to the full-bodied horns of Aaron Copland's "Fanfare for the Common Man." The radio program host said Copland composed it ......(Continue Reading)Even our enemies deserve music: Michael Franti and other young artists are spearheading a new generation of politically engaged musicians. Jeff Chang charts In New York's hermetic world of music and fashion, it's been the year of the throwback, a post--11 September retreat to the familiar and comfortable....(Continue Reading)The Sixties between the Microgrooves: Using Folk and Protest Music to Understand American History, 1963-1973 For those trying to find American history in its topical music, the 1960s were (with apologies to Charles Dickens) the best of times and the worst of ......(Continue Reading)Pete Seeger's last war: the grand old lion of the American left sings to fight another day ON THE DAY Ronald Reagan died, an atypically modest tribute to the patriarch of the right appeared at the foot of a veteran's monument in Wappingers ......(Continue Reading)
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