music
Purists booed ‘Electric’ Bob Dylan, but Mike Gold loved him in People’s World
January 8, 2025“All you have to do is try to be as natural as Bob Dylan, let your hair grow long, sing when you feel like singing, sleep when you have to sleep, love, protest, be a natural...
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‘A Complete Unknown’: It ain’t me, babe!
January 3, 2025Perhaps we ask too much from our heroes.
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‘The 9 Lives of Barbara Dane’: Documentary on a progressive culture superwoman
December 10, 2024The world will have an opportunity to learn about this extraordinary human being, thanks to this seminal film and the efforts of those who knew and loved her.
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George Mann produces Si Kahn’s ‘Labor Day: A Tribute to Hard Working People Everywhere’
October 3, 2024Si Kahn and George Mann sure know what they’re singing about. As union organizers, they know first-hand the hardships and challenges working people face.
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‘Beyond the Years: Unpublished Songs of Florence Price’ available on new album
September 10, 2024Last year, a hardworking music publicist alerted me to a rare performance of Damien Geter’s spirituals-based Justice Symphony up in Fresno, paired with Beethoven’s 9th, and I took the bait.
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