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Chris Morris Writes the Book on a Great American Band

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‘Tenor Hits From the Age of the Talkies’

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Light In Shadow

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Newport Folk Festival Goes Roots-y (But Hasn’t It Always Been So?)

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The Past Is Present (And Accounted For)

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Indomitable

A Civil Rights Movement leader and powerful gospel singer, FANNIE LOU HAMER'S authenticity comes through most clearly on SONGS MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME.
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