educating alice (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
One of the iconic members of the CLNE group was the marvelous imp, John Langstaff. He led us in song and dance and was such a wonderful part of the experience that it was very hard when he was gone. I do have to say Gregory Maguire has a lovely singing voice, but as anyone [...]
educating alice (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
One of the iconic members of the CLNE group was the marvelous imp, Jack Langstaff. He led us in song and dance and was such a wonderful part of the experience that it was very hard when he was gone. I do have to say Gregory Maguire has a lovely singing voice, but as anyone [...]
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
The March on Washington event in 1963, featuring BOB DYLAN, JOAN BAEZ and folk icon PETE SEEGER, has beaten THE BEATLES' ED SULLIVAN shows and Dylan's controversial Newport...
Jezebel (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
No, Alber Elbaz, some of them are 18! Eileen Fisher made waves - and hurt Rosie - when she sniffed of the plus-sized market, "Well, it's just not the image that we're going for." What image are... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Cover Lay Down (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Facts first: chartmaker Billboard announced last week that starting with their Dec 5th issue, they will be adding a Folk Albums chart to their sales-tracking activities. Snip: …The Nielsen SoundScan-based survey will house new releases from traditional folk artists such Joan Baez, Ani DiFranco and Monsters of Folk, as well as appropriate titles by acoustic-based [...]
PopMatters Music (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
A long-awaited survey of the life and times of a cultural icon. Given Joan Baez’s centrality to American cultural and political life over the past five decades, the greatest surprise about this documentary is that it wasn’t made much sooner. While Bob Dylan’s career has been the subject of a multitude of docs and bios, essays and retrospectives, Baez’s work -- both as artist...
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
IT WAS early June 1989. Václav Havel had been released from jail only days before, yet he was full of what now seems an almost prophetic certainty. Thousands of his countrymen
The War on Guns (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Way back when, we talked about mondegreens . And then we talked some more . This is one of the funniest examples I've seen. And yeah, I know, internal links in the old posts are mostly dead and gone. Incidentally, one of the worst examples is when Joan Baez presumed to sing "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down." It was Stoneman's cavalry.
Dog Without A Bone (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
I like the Borderline . It's handily located a minute's walk from my office, it's never overwhelmingly loud, and the GCSE-art-project decor is cute. Last night I went there to see Dar Williams , in the company of a former colleague from a long time ago and some of her friends. They were all big-time fans who have all her albums, while I only have a few bootlegged tracks which I liked enough to want...
LOFT965 (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Billboard has finally gotten over some of its archaic charting methods (Catalogue albums, anyone?) and is going to include a 15 spot chart for fold music beginning 2010. This will cater to artists like Ani DiFranco, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez and their fans. This also comes with the revamping of the Billboard 200. It’s still [...]
Czech Please (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
“I really do inhabit a system in which words are capable of shaking the entire structure of government, where words can prove mightier than ten military divisions.” Vaclav Havel Sometimes I get lucky. Last night was one of those nights. V and I attended the very special concert and celebration to mark the 20th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution. It was held before a few hundred people...
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
Former Czech President Vaclav Havel opened the 20th anniversary celebrations of the Velvet Revolution with a concert attended by celebrities.
Beattie's Book Blog (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
'Cockney Kid: The Making of an Uncoventional Psychologist' Photo shows Honourable Hugh Templeton launching 'Cockney Kid: The Making of an Uncoventional Psychologist ', the memoirs of Emeritus Professor of Psychology at Victoria University Tony Taylor. Launched today at Kapiti's Mediterranean Warehouse with its famed Sicilian olives, hams, cheeses and Italian wines, the owner had barely enough seats...
Sify (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
Former Czech president Vaclav Havel opened festivities in Prague celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution, which toppled the communist regime in 1989.
France 24 (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
US singers Joan Baez, Lou Reed and Suzanne Vega performed Saturday at a concert in Prague paying homage to former Czech president Vaclav Havel, a hero of the Velvet Revolution 20 years ago. "These artists, passionate about freedom, were in solidarity with us at the darkest time," Havel, 73, said at the start of the concert at an old church transformed into a cultural centre. "They continue...
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