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High fidelity - Words and Music: a history of pop in the shape of a city - Book Review
Words and Music: a history of pop in the shape of a city Paul Morley Bloomsbury, 360pp, 12.99 [pounds sterling] Some years ago, I was in the habit ......(Continue Reading) An introduction to the music and history of the North African Berbers
As music from North Africa and the Middle East has become more available internationally, the contributions of North Africa's first residents, the Berber, ......(Continue Reading)French Cultural Politics and Music: From the Dreyfus Affair to the First World War. - Review - book review
French Cultural Politics and Music: From the Dreyfus Affair to the First World War. By Jane F. Fulcher. (New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, ......(Continue Reading)Jazz: A History of America's Music. - Review - book review
Jazz: A History of America's Music * Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns * Knopf * 490 pages * $65 It was as a novice that award-winning documentarian Ken Burns (The Civil War, Baseball) came to the s...(Continue Reading)Heroes, heroines, thinkers and dreamers: in keeping with this month's heritage theme, here are our picks about brave women and men who made history, and
Two classics make a welcome reappearance: God Sends Sunday (Atria, $12), scholar Arna Bontemps's debut novel, is reissued by The Givens Collection, a Minneapolis-based African-American literary fou...(Continue Reading)
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