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Various I'm on My Journey Home: Vocal Styles and Resources in Folk Music. - sound recording review New World 80223 First issued on a 1978 LP, I'm on My Journey Home documents the novel things that people have chosen to do with their voices. Today, ......(Continue Reading) And the salsa beat goes on: salsa is dead. Gone. Kaput. Forget about it. A comatose genre swallowed alive by other styles of Latin music: rock en espanol (First printed in The Chicago Tribune on December 21, 2004) For the last few years, the alleged death of salsa has been morbidly discussed in publications ......(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)Branson's best season: come fall in the Missouri Ozarks, the nation's music show capital takes on a special glow UNLESS YOU'VE BEEN TO Branson, you've probably never heard of Shoji Tabuchi, a master fiddler from Japan who sports spangly jackets and a n]op of black ......(Continue Reading)Con guiro y pandereta: rhythm and instrumentation of bomba y plena - popular music styles The bomba and the plena are important genres of folk music in Puerto Rico. They both developed in the coastal zones of the island, which are the areas ......(Continue Reading)
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