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Love Your Country - country music and social virtue
I went looking for the war on MTV and couldn't find it. True, just after 9/11, MTV did join with the USO to put on a special called "For the Troops." ......(Continue Reading) Gospel greats strum the soul: compilation, Cash release give gospel genre its due as country music's muse
The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum and New Haven Records have compiled what they believe are the 20 best country gospel tunes. This compilation, ......(Continue Reading)Sacred words, profane music? The Free Monks as a musical phenomenon in contemporary Greek Orthodoxy
The Free Monks (Eleftheroi) are a Greek Orthodox rock band of black-robed monks. Being the first of its kind in Greece, the group has produced popular ......(Continue Reading)Tallacatcha - country music song - Brief Article - Transcript
"Tallacatcha" is a throwback to an earlier time and style. Its laid-back rhythm and catchy melody make it a great contemporary country and western song....(Continue Reading)O politics where art thou? - The First Words … - politics and popular music - Editorial
Over the years, I've fielded calls from a number of newspaper reporters querying one aspect of folk music (or the "folk revival") or another. A recurrent ......(Continue Reading)
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