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The lord's songs in a strange land; two histories dig down to the roots of gospel music and the culture of sound in African American life People Get Ready! A New History of Black Gospel Music by Robert Darden Continuum International Publishing Group October 2004, $24.95, ISBN 0-826-41436-2 ......(Continue Reading) Sex & music has it gone too far? backlash over lyrics, violence and threat to young women grows THERE'S always been a connection between sex and music, but a new generation and new generations of technology have pushed the connection to the limits, ......(Continue Reading)Three Mo' Tenors: trio makes history with a rhythmic blend of jazz, soul and classical music - music group members Victor Trent Cook, Thomas Young, Rodrick THREE Mo' Tenors--Victor Trent Cook, Thomas Young and Rodrick Dixon--have taken the well-traveled act of tenors Luciano Pavarotti Placido Domingo and ......(Continue Reading)Music box: this centre for young Spanish musicians is a hermetic stone cube with a luminous heart Founded in 1495 as a 'Grammatic Academy', the University of Santiago de Compostela is one of the oldest in Europe, playing an important part in the cultural life of Galicia and Spain. Like all mode...(Continue Reading)Mahalia: a Life in Gospel Music. . - BIBR recommends - book review Mahalia: A Life in Gospel Music by Roxane Orgill Candlewick Press, January 2002, $19.99, ISBN 0-763-61011-9 Thirty years after her death, Mahalia Jackson's moving voice is still recognized by mil...(Continue Reading)
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