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Early song lyrics and coping with life - Songs of the Early Nineteenth Century, part 1
A research study focuses on some of the country's most serious songs that were written before the 1861-1865 Civil War. The songs were meant to reach an ......(Continue Reading) Hank Cramer Songs of USS Constellation - Brief Article - Sound Recording Review
Ferryboat 103 Hank Cramer has produced a marvelous album of sea songs and tavern sing-a-longs, using the old full-sail warship of the disc's title ......(Continue Reading)"Wild and soul-stirring": William Bradbury's mountain songs, 1847-52
Ever mindful of popular trends, the composer, arranger, teacher, and anthologist William Batchelder Bradbury (1816-1868) published music that, in his ......(Continue Reading)Joyful noise
SPANNING, THE SONIC globe, this roundup of recent albums highlights compelling music in different genres. Alongside some popular names are lesser-known ......(Continue Reading)Sweet success: Stephanie Merritt on why Norah Jones's album is not just "dinner-party music"
The extraordinary success of her debut album, Come Away With Me, made Norah Jones the target of a certain kind of musical snobbery, as if the cachet ......(Continue Reading)
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