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Why gospel music is so hot
THE fastest-growing music segment is not rap; it's not R&B--the fastest-growing musical genre in America is the stirring, pulse-pounding, foot-stomping ......(Continue Reading) Subversive children's music!! Oh, no!! - Kidsbeat: ideas don't music for children & the people who make it
NEWS FLASH!! This week the U.S. Office for Protection Of Our Patriotic Songs (P.O.O.P.S.) has uncovered a shocking plot that threatens the very fabric ......(Continue Reading)Doing Our Own Thing: The Degradation of Language and Music (and Why We Should, Like, Care)
Doing Our Own Thing: The Degradation of Language and Music (and Why We Should, Like, Care) by John McWhorter. Gotham Books: 2003. 276 pp. + xxiii. As the product of a Berkeley linguist, John McWhorte...(Continue Reading)Kidsbeat: ideas about music for children & the people who make it
We're pleased to announce the return of "Kidsbeat," a column focused on discussing the many different ways of introducing folk music into the lives of the next generation. In discussing the best wa...(Continue Reading)The celebrity champion: Gramophone magazine has chosen six famous faces to endorse the nominees for the title of Classical Record of the Year. Why? David
What's wrong with this sentence from the Athens and Sydney Olympics rowing gold medallist James Cracknell: "I would never claim to be more than ......(Continue Reading)
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