music
Woody Sez – Woody Guthrie’s columns in People’s World
July 12, 2024Guthrie once said, “I’ve been in the red all my life,” referring to both his financial situation and his politics.
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Duke Ellington, a monument in music and cultural history, died 50 years ago
May 24, 2024Duke Ellington, a commanding figure in music and cultural history, especially in the jazz world, died 50 years ago, on May 24, 1974.
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Oliver Mayer’s ‘Ghost Waltz’ about Indigenous Mexican composer Juventino Rosas receives world premiere
May 7, 2024The story is an important one, and it is told with great imagination and a wonderful score of waltzes, polkas, classical song, opera and ragtime.
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An American Communist classical playlist: The Composers’ Collective on Spotify
March 15, 2024In the 1930s, left-wing composers rallied together to make music for the working class. Their legacy and music has been largely forgotten.
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‘De Organizer’ and ‘The Dreamy Kid’: Premiere recordings of James P. Johnson operas
February 1, 2024Naxos has just dropped on the world a revelation of what authentic Black opera could look and sound like, with one complete short opera, De Organizer.
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