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- All Shook Up: How Rock 'N' Roll Changed America - Glenn C. Altshuler
- The Life and Music of Miss Peggy Lee, Peter Richmond
- The B-Side: The Death of Tin Pan Alley and the Rebirth of the Great American Song - Ben Yadoga
- Singing From the Floor: A History of British Folk Clubs - JP Bean
- Playing Changes: Jazz for the New Century - Nate Chinen
- Lets Do It: The Birth of Pop - Bob Stanley
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Roots Music Podcasts
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Roots/Blues 2004 Juno Nominees
Congratulations to all. Contemporary roots album of the year Traditional roots album of the year Blues album of the year
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“That’s How I Got to Memphis” – Tom T. Hall (1969)
The final scene of the series finale of “The Newsroom” includes Jeff Daniels and a few others singing the Tom T. Hall classic “That’s How I Got to Memphis.” I was not familiar with it, which isn’t surprising because I … Continue reading
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“Turn, Turn, Turn” – The Byrds (1965)
A long-standing interest for me is what has been called the folk music revival of the late 1950s and early 1960s, also named the “Great American Folk Scare” by Dave Van Ronk, an apparent reference to the way McCarthyites saw … Continue reading
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