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Tin Pan Alley on the march: popular music, World War II, and the quest for a great war song
In 1941, several months before the attack on Pearl Harbor, a new Irving Berlin song appeared on jukeboxes across the United States. Berlin and his sponsors ......(Continue Reading) French Cultural Politics and Music: From the Dreyfus Affair to the First World War. - Review - book review
French Cultural Politics and Music: From the Dreyfus Affair to the First World War. By Jane F. Fulcher. (New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, ......(Continue Reading)Bob Marley: one world, one love - Music rebels: dissident music then and now - Brief Article
While many are familiar with his posthumously over commercialized pop hits, Bob Marley's political works remain as fresh and relevant today as they did 30 years ago. Back then songs like 'Them Bell...(Continue Reading)One size does not fit all: the precarious position of the African American entrepreneur in post-World War II American popular music
The American popular music industry since World War II has been dominated by white businessmen, but African American entrepreneurs have secured a place ......(Continue Reading)Small World: why one town stays unplugged - War of the worlds: Part Two - Barre, Vermont
When you think about Vermount, Barre is not the town you're imagining. Main Street has seen better days. There are few covered bridges and fewer rusticators ......(Continue Reading)
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