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Who's got the blues? 2003 is the "Year of the Blues." But as a music born of oppression becomes a feel-good soundtrack for white America, just what are
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"The easiest way to describe it is a cross between Hee Haw and Sonny and Cher," notes a chuckling James Dean Jay Byrd (that's his real name), one half ......(Continue Reading)Voice of praise: a new, dynamic group of singers is taking gospel music to new heights
WITH the same spirit and enthusiasm exhibited by legends like Mahalia and the venerable Thomas Dorsey, today-'s new young gospel music performers--including ......(Continue Reading)Soundtrack to struggle: the Last Poets are still making music about what is happening in the streets, using the language of streets - culture
By 1968, hopefulness in black communities was fading away. Lyndon Johnson's Great Society program was undermined by the high cost of the Vietnam War, ......(Continue Reading)Music CDs: SOUNDTRACK - The Cinematic Orchestra The Man With The
The Cinematic Orchestra have become just that, with this live recording of their soundtrack to a classic of early Soviet cinema, Dziga Vertov's Man With a Movie Camera, which comprises about a doze...(Continue Reading)
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