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The Lyrics in African American Popular Music
The Lyrics in African American Popular Music Robert Springer (ed.) Peter Lang, Bern, 2001 211 pp. Casual followers of popular culture are generally ......(Continue Reading) The lord's songs in a strange land; two histories dig down to the roots of gospel music and the culture of sound in African American life
People Get Ready! A New History of Black Gospel Music by Robert Darden Continuum International Publishing Group October 2004, $24.95, ISBN 0-826-41436-2 ......(Continue Reading)Music to our ears: Bob Pyle brings veggie-friendly lyrics to the radio
Imagine that you're driving along a winding country highway, and a song comes on the radio. "Oh, a factory farm is nice and neat There's a stall for every cow And they don't need cud...(Continue Reading)Getting a Bad Rap? - offensive lyrics in rap music - Brief Article
"MY MOTHER DID DRUGS --tar, liquor, cigarettes, and speed/The baby came out--disfigured .../It was a seed who would grow up just as crazy as she/Don't ......(Continue Reading)Freedom's song: Chris Moss celebrates the enduring tradition of Latin American protest song - music
When I arrived in Buenos Aires in 1991, much of the music being played on the radio was imported, middle-of-the-road rock. Radio stations were paid to play it, and it featured incessantly on many o...(Continue Reading)
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