music
Woody Guthrie ‘in his prime’
October 13, 2009After discovering master recordings of the legendary Woody Guthrie in a Brooklyn basement, Rounder Records released a four-disc boxed set, "My Dusty Road."
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A U.S. musician pays tribute to Mercedes Sosa
October 7, 2009Argentinian folksinger Mercedes Sosa was known the world over as “the voice of the voiceless.”
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Mercedes Sosa, Argentinian singer for justice, dies
October 6, 2009Mercedes Sosa, who died Sunday, will live in the hearts of lovers of the Nueva Cancion and of social justice.
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INTERVIEW Will.i.Am and The X-Men Origins: Wolverine
May 1, 2009Kam Williams, a syndicated film and book critic who writes for more than 100 publications around the U.S. and Canada, interviews Will.I.Am about his role in The X-Men Origins: Wolverine. This interview is on BlackNews.com.
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Pete Seeger: 90 years of song and struggle
April 18, 2009Born 90 years ago this May 3, Pete Seeger has been a tireless performer of topical song and a champion of global folklore, focusing his strongest efforts on that which was created by, for and about,...
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