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Snapshots Of A Disappearing Delta

Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: Photography, Video, Mississippi, Poverty, American Music, Documentary Photography, Mississippi-Blues, Kickstarter, Mississippi Delta, Blues, Delta Blues, Arts News

Few places other can claim as much in the way of the musical style as the Mississippi Delta; however, as much as the Delta is known as "the birthplace...

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The Real Celebration at the NEA Jazz Masters Awards

Barbara Ernst Prey | Posted 03.16.2012

Read More: American Music, Jazz, NEA Jazz Masters Awards, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Jazz Awards, Nea Jazz Masters, Arts News
Barbara Ernst Prey

This is a memorable event, not only for the opportunity to hear, see and meet some of the living Jazz legends but, also to be part of the group as the Jazz Masters greet one another.

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Global Beat Fusion: Buzzing Cicadas and Jewish Gangsters

Derek Beres | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hazmat Modine, Jewish Music, Folk Music, Kosher Nostra, American Music, Elephant Revival, Shantel, Entertainment News
Derek Beres

While I doubt that Kosher Nostra: Jewish Gangsters Greatest Hits will reveal much about the secret politics of the Jewish mob, this collection will hip you to a few generations of what past thugs were grooving to.

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Does America Also Need Cultural Health Care?

Rob Patterson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Bill, Digital Music, European Healthcare, Belfast, The Hague, Small Business, Government Bailout, Australia, Music Business, Austin, Affordable Health Care, Government Spending, Ireland, Spain, Socialized Healthcare, Canada, Sxsw, South by Southwest, Cultural Exports, Independent Record Labels, Creeping Socialism, Louisiana, Irony, Liverpool, Major Record Labels, American Music, Pepsi, Germany, Louisiana Music, Scotland, Health Care Vote, Miller Beer, Universal Health Care, Sxsw 2010, Government Subsidies, Israel, Berlin, Arts Council, Health Care Debate, New Zealand, England, Exports, Chevy, International Health Care, Arts Funding, Monster, International Music, Alternative Rock, Pop Music, Sobe, Yorkshire, Great Britain, Popular Music, Zone, Barbados, Health Care Reform, Japan, Music Industry, Socialism, Entrepreneurship, Rock and Roll, Global Competitiveness, Wales, Entertainment News
Rob Patterson

The majors were an almost ghostly presence at SXSW 2010. The indies have now seized the day within the leading-edge music market.

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This Week in Magazines: An Electric-Fuel-Trade Acid Test and the South Rises Against the New Yorker

James Warren | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oxford American, The New Yorker, Malcom Gladwell, Time, American Music, Forbes, The Economist, Magazines, Media News
James Warren

Those old, wicked animosities between New York City and Conway, Ark., are heating up.

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