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From demo to hit: the biography of three songs by country songwriter Tom Douglas
This article explores the songwriting process of Nashville-based writer Tom Douglas. Three of Douglas's songs are examined, from the creation of the ......(Continue Reading) Southern comfort: Grease with a country twist? Alex Gibbons is charmed by the Beautiful South's latest album
Having perfected its own brand of inoffensive pop music over ten albums, the Beautiful South has finally decided to do something new: cover versions....(Continue Reading)Elvis: Still Number One!
Byline: Blair Jackson Elvis Presley's hits have been packaged and repackaged a zillion times, but it's safe to say that no single-disc Elvis collection ......(Continue Reading)Tearaway burkas & tinplate menorahs: what happens when you throw together a liberal comedian, a flag-waving country star, two Redskins cheerleaders,
I NEVER SERVED in our nation's armed forces. I was of draft age during the Vietnam War, in college from 1969 to 1973, and the Selective Service people ......(Continue Reading)Big World: how Clear Channel programs America - War of the worlds: Part One
On July 17, 2002, as a band called The Boils was preparing to play, seven men with badges, police officers and agents of Philadelphia's Department of ......(Continue Reading)
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