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Ollabelle: what a friend they have in gospel music
There was a bar on Manhattan's Lower East Side, named after the corner of Ninth Street and venue C, where it once stood. "9C was tiny, a total dive," bassist Byron Isaacs says. "It w...(Continue Reading) Where community spirit takes wing; Mary Lean visits Bergh Apton, an English village which shows what communities can do when they get going
The Countryside Agency, statutory 'watchdog and champion' of England's rural areas, has been devoting a lot of mental energy recently to developing ways of measuring 'community vibrancy'. Perhaps i...(Continue Reading)The cosmonaut and the cross: Easter in Russia introduces Mary Lean to the resilience of faith and the power of grandmothers
There's no hope of squeezing into the church in the centre of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, when we arrive late on Easter Saturday night. Instead we join ......(Continue Reading)Connemara Cradle Song - Behind The Song: a closer look at same of the music we love - Critical Essay
The Irish lullaby "Connemara Cradle Song," which uses the same tune as "Down in the Valley," was printed (lyrics only) in Sing Out/as part of the Folk ......(Continue Reading)She's got the beat: for Jennifer Yakes of the band Leah Stargazing, it's her drumming and not her sexuality that's a big deal - music - Interview
When Jennifer Yakes joined pop-punk outfit Leah Stargazing, she was less concerned about coming out to her male band mates than she was about being a more experienced musician than the rest of the...(Continue Reading)
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