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Historical

Everything Old is New Again

On Saturday, I posted an item about the earliest sounds ever recorded. I cross-posted on DailyKos — a cultural/political site that allows this sort of...

Jazz

Ray Brown: “Lady Be Good”

The beginning of NPR’s bio of bassist Ray Brown does a good job of quickly defining who he was — and the company he kept: Grammy Award-winning...

Blues

Happy Birthday, Jerry…

Acknowledging various dates takes on a melancholy feel as a person gets older. This site has been up since the beginning of March, and I’ve probably run...