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The misanthrope's corner - song lyrics can convey various feelings - Column - Brief Article
OKAY, you win. I aim to please. I had another subject planned but I got a bundle of letters asking about the Gay Nineties songs in my Y2K column so it's ......(Continue Reading) Ancient Irish Airs and Dances - Book Review
edited by George Petrie. Dover Publications, Inc. (31 E. 2nd St., Mineola, NY 11501), 2002. 137 pp., $12.95. Intermediate. Ancient Irish Airs and Dances is a collection of 201 traditional Irish f...(Continue Reading)The folk process: lyrics sent by our readers: new words to old tunes or snatches of a good song—different viewpoints, too
A labor festival is certainly a fine place to get significant songs based on folk melodies. The Western Workers Regional Labor Heritage Festival, held ......(Continue Reading)Randall Wallace: he's a former preacher and Scots-Irish "hillbilly" who has fought his way into Tinseltown. As a screenwriter and director, he
Screenwriter and director Randall Wallace is a man on a mission to bring the values of America's heartland to Hollywood. Born in Tennessee of Scots-Irish ......(Continue Reading)Enoch Kent Songs of Love, Lust and Loathing - Brief Article - Sound Recording Review
Second Avenue 2009 Enoch Kent embodies the epitome of the fusion of Irish-Scots-English traditional music with contemporary songwriting. This second ......(Continue Reading)
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