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Love listening to music while reading a book. Fan of classic movies, political punditry, television, and all who fight injustice.
Nanci Griffith aficionado.
Nanci Griffith aficionado.
"Merrily We Roll Along hammers its point home with an unrelenting, heartbreaking finality: be careful what you wish for, but be more careful of what you give up to get it."
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Merrily We Roll Along is a pro-shot slam-dunk | CBC News
Stephen Sondheim's 1981 musical Merrily We Roll Along was an abysmal failure that closed almost as soon as it opened. Now a Tony-winning revival has it headed to potential box-office success.
www.cbc.ca
December 14, 2025 at 10:53 AM
"It is not too late to remind ourselves that, in the absence of tolerance, societies begin to crumble and break down and, before we can even notice it, freedom slips through the cracks."
Tolerance isn’t just nice, it’s a civic virtue we all can build | Psyche Ideas
At a time of rising intolerance, the century-old work of C E M Joad reminds us what tolerance really is and why we need it
psyche.co
December 14, 2025 at 10:26 AM
"It is not too late to remind ourselves that, in the absence of tolerance, societies begin to crumble and break down and, before we can even notice it, freedom slips through the cracks."
"Baez is often unfairly treated by critics on account of the fact that she wasn’t considered to be as strong a songwriter as many of her contemporaries."
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The one song Joan Baez hopes will live on forever
While Joan Baez is often remembered for her moving covers of others' material, one of her own songs is likely to be the one that lasts for eternity.
faroutmagazine.co.uk
December 14, 2025 at 3:42 AM
"Baez is often unfairly treated by critics on account of the fact that she wasn’t considered to be as strong a songwriter as many of her contemporaries."
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#Songwriting
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#Songwriting
December 14, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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"It's coming on Christmas
They're cutting down trees
They're putting up reindeer
And singing songs of joy and peace
Oh, I wish I had a river
I could skate away on"
We need Joni Mitchell to move here #MusicSky.
They're cutting down trees
They're putting up reindeer
And singing songs of joy and peace
Oh, I wish I had a river
I could skate away on"
We need Joni Mitchell to move here #MusicSky.
December 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
"It's coming on Christmas
They're cutting down trees
They're putting up reindeer
And singing songs of joy and peace
Oh, I wish I had a river
I could skate away on"
We need Joni Mitchell to move here #MusicSky.
They're cutting down trees
They're putting up reindeer
And singing songs of joy and peace
Oh, I wish I had a river
I could skate away on"
We need Joni Mitchell to move here #MusicSky.
"Entitled 'Lucille,' it is set to be the first and only authorized film chronicling everything that made King a legend."
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#Guitar
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#Guitar
“There is no greater story of triumph than that of B.B. King. I’m humbled to help bring it to life”: A B.B. King biopic is on the way – and it will chronicle the blues legend’s life, legacy and Lucill...
The film will chart B.B. King’s rise from extreme poverty to global stardom – and his life-long partnership with his iconic ES-355 will be at the heart of it all
www.guitarworld.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:58 PM
"What we’re really ranking here is how the greatest band in popular music history evolved from tight, stage-honed rock and roll performers into boundary-breaking studio innovators whose records reshaped the cultural imagination."
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#Beatles
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#Beatles
Beatles albums ranked: all 13 Fab Four LPs, graded and rated
Journey with us through seven years of astonishing sonic experimentation, as we rank the 13 Beatles studio albums
www.classical-music.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:47 PM
"In these past months, I’ve had to fight battles I’ve never imagined. But on the hardest of days, music remained my companion."
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The Mavericks Singer Raul Malo's Final Letter to Fans: 'You All Carried Me More Than You Know'
Raul Malo, the Mavericks singer who died Monday at 60, addressed fans in a final letter accepting his National Music Council award.
www.rollingstone.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
"In these past months, I’ve had to fight battles I’ve never imagined. But on the hardest of days, music remained my companion."
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December 9, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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Shortly after a pair of star-studded concerts in his honor, Raul Malo of The Mavericks died from the cancer he'd been treated for. He was 60.
Raul Malo Has Died
The legendary frontman of The Mavericks was 60
www.nashvillescene.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Shortly after a pair of star-studded concerts in his honor, Raul Malo of The Mavericks died from the cancer he'd been treated for. He was 60.
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December 9, 2025 at 2:30 AM
December 8, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Today's Tune: Nancy Wilson THAT'S WHAT I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS
youtu.be/vJPmhKwMBD8?...
The best Christmas song you may have never heard. I love her voice.
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youtu.be/vJPmhKwMBD8?...
The best Christmas song you may have never heard. I love her voice.
#MusicSky
December 7, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Today's Tune: Nancy Wilson THAT'S WHAT I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS
youtu.be/vJPmhKwMBD8?...
The best Christmas song you may have never heard. I love her voice.
#MusicSky
youtu.be/vJPmhKwMBD8?...
The best Christmas song you may have never heard. I love her voice.
#MusicSky
"Also, let us not count America out. It’s first of all a lot more diverse than it might appear from a distance. Second, Americans are quite ornery. They do not like people telling them all to line up and do what they’re told. They really don’t like that."
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The Handmaid’s Tale author fears her dystopian novel can ‘now happen anywhere’
‘I don’t think we’re going to get the outfits, but the rest of it seems more and more plausible,’ says Margaret Atwood
www.independent.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 1:38 AM
"Also, let us not count America out. It’s first of all a lot more diverse than it might appear from a distance. Second, Americans are quite ornery. They do not like people telling them all to line up and do what they’re told. They really don’t like that."
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December 6, 2025 at 4:22 AM
"I didn’t aim the list to turn out this way, but four of the albums’ leaders are women, and five (including three of those four) feature prominent female 'sidemen.'"
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The Best Two Jazz Albums of the Year Are Both by the Same Woman
The 10 best jazz albums of 2025.
slate.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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Refreshingly clear language from the NYT
December 3, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Refreshingly clear language from the NYT
December 3, 2025 at 12:03 AM