‘The Scottsboro Boys’: Singing a story of American injustice
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR John Kander traveled from his home in New York City to Minneapolis last week to help tune ...
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Jews wrote a big chunk of the Great American Songbook
David Lehman, the author of seven volumes of poetry, examines what is Jewish about American popular song, and how Jewish ...
Jewish tunesmiths wrote great American songs
Jewish chauvinism aside, it’s a fact that Jews composed the great majority of tunes that make up the body of ...
Garrison Keillor: Non-Christians, 'buzz off' (Update at end)
Garrison Keillor, host of the popular A Prairie Home Companion weekly radio variety show, displays his cranky side in a ...
Bob Dylan to follow in footsteps of Irving Berlin
'O Little Town of Bet Lechem'? Renowned Hibbing, Minnesota native Bob Dylan is set to confound his fans once more. ...
