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The Folk Process: lyrics sent by our readers: new words to old tunes or snatches of a good song—different viewpoints, too
With a national election drawing near, this column concentrates on conditions and personalities in the present government and urges one and all not only to vote, but to get friends, relations, neig...(Continue Reading) 100 Best Songs By Black Composers
WITHOUT them, there would be no Broadway, no Grammy, no jazz, no rock n' roll--no American music. The blues of America, the gospel of America, the jazz ......(Continue Reading)Musings on the empty nest: raising "a righteous sisterhood" among us and the liberation of girls and women will not happen without the liberation
ON the lifetime mothering spectrum, I'm now between Barney and the almost-defunct B2K (trust me, the teenage girls are still pining and planning for ......(Continue Reading)Evolutionary anthems: the songs of Darwin finches might be responsible for the group rapid speciation - Biomechanics
On Santa Cruz Island, in the eastern Pacific Ocean, the morning sounds of songbirds foraging and courting are reassuringly familiar in the otherwise ......(Continue Reading)Talkin' about a revolution: hungry for politically charged music? Listen up to a new generation of protest songs
It was really two songs that got me started thinking about the power of peace music. First was the plaintive wail of Bob Dylan in his 1964 classic, "The Times They Are A-Changin'." The se...(Continue Reading)
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