Talking Folklore Center Leaves Time Standing Still
IZZY YOUNG: TALKING FOLKLORE CENTER. Directed by Jim Downing. MVD Visual/Gazell Records. In 1959, Izzy Young helped to put folk music on the map with his Folklore Center which sat … Continue reading
Medicare & Medicaid At 50
MEDICARE AND MEDICAID AT 50. Edited by Alan B. Cohen; David C. Colby; Keith A. Wailoo; Julian E. Zelizer. Oxford University Press. This volume, just released from Oxford, takes a … Continue reading
War Times From Different Perspectives
THE REAPER. Nicholas Irving. With Gary Brozek. Macmillan Audio. The Reaper is a gripping memoir written by Special Operations Direct Action Sniper Nicholas Irving. Irving was regarded as the most … Continue reading
Portraits of Van Morrison’s Middle Period
VAN MORRISON: ANOTHER GLORIOUS DECADE. UNDER REVIEW. 1977- 1987. MVD. Due out on September 18, Glorious Decade chronicles an important and generally under-appreciated period of “Van-the-Man’s” storied career. In the … Continue reading
Tropical Taste of Tiempo Libre
PANAMERICANO. Tiempo Libre. Universal Music Latin Entertainment. The music the Afro-Caribbean group Tiempo Libre makes is all about clear crystal rhythms rising through the fog to tug you from your chair, these … Continue reading
The Boston Mob
Two Books Tell the Complete Story of the Brutal Boston Mob BOSTON MOB. The Rise And Fall of The New England Mob And Its Most Notorious Killer. Marc Songini. St. … Continue reading
American Idioms
MYSTERY TRAIN. Images of American Rock and Roll Music. Greil Marcus. Plume. “Gets as close to the heart and soul of American and American music as the best of rock … Continue reading
In the Audio Corner
SOMEONE IS WATCHING. Joy Fielding. Brilliance Audio. This novel keeps you transfixed as you live Bailey Carpenter’s nightmare. In the story, Carpenter sustains a horrible attack. And in its aftermath, … Continue reading
James McPherson & the Civil War
THE WAR THAT FORGED A NATION: WHY THE CIVIL WAR STILL MATTERS. James McPherson. Oxford University Press. The title of this book says it all: after a century and a … Continue reading
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