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Austria's hills are alive with tourists
SALZBURG, Austria -- "Do! A deer! A female deer!" My knuckles whiten from my death grip on the tour bus handrail as my mostly elderly American and ......(Continue Reading) Ozark hills are alive with sounds of old-time religion
As old as the hills themselves, Ozark church music has had a lasting impact on American pop culture. In 1907, Methodist minister Harold Bell wrote ......(Continue Reading)Treasures Left Behind: Remembering Kate Wolf. - sound recording review
If I had a peaceful heart it would look like this-- Some trees and hills, a creek by which to kiss-- The fog would be this cool, The hawk would sail that far, And the song I'd hear wou...(Continue Reading)SOUND OF SILENCE ENDS| Simon and Garfunkel are back in the harmony
POP MUSIC WRITER BOX: Set list from opening night of the "Old Friends" tour: PART 1 Old Friends/Bookends A Hazy Shade of Winter I Am a Rock ......(Continue Reading)The new weird America: songwriting in and out of a tradition - Courting the Muse
For many years, I've listened to and played music in a wide range of traditional styles, including Irish, American old-time, bluegrass, and klezmer among others. Almost none of these traditions wer...(Continue Reading)
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