Category: Music
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Playing Real Good for Free
One of the pleasures of our 10-day stay in Lisbon was the quality of the street music all over the city. Best of all was a really fine ensemble from Cabo Verde playing near the waterfront, Nôs Raíz. We listened to their concert for about 40 minutes and bought a CD, which turns out to…
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Learie Mc Nicolls in Transformation at Artword Artbar
Learie Mc Nicolls confronts the demons of poverty, violence and fear in his powerful new work, Transformation: a Journey of the Soul’s Healing, at Artword Artbar, March 25 and 26, 2015, at 9:00 pm. An Artword Theatre production, directed by Ronald Weihs, Transformation combines dance, spoken word, soundscape and visual images, to present one man’s…
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Pete Seeger refuses to provide metadata to HUAC
Peter Seeger was a huge influence on my life, musically, politically and spiritually. When he died at last, like so many others, I reviewed what I knew and loved about him. Thanks to Mark McNeil on Facebook, I was directed to his testimony before the House Un-American Activities Committee. What interests me is that Pete,…