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Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Author: National Museum of African American Music (U.S.)
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ISBN: 9781735787107
Category : African American musicians
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Author: Dwight Taylor
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Languages : en
Pages : 5

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Author: William G. White
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ISBN: 9781591968597
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Languages : en
Pages : 270

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Author: Gary Stewart
Publisher: Verso
ISBN: 9781859843680
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 452

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Captivating study of the flowering of Congo music, during the fight to consolidate their hard-won independence.

Author: Michael Farris Smith
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451699441
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 368

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For fans of Cormac McCarthy and Annie Proulx, “a wonderfully cinematic story” (The Washington Post) set in the post-Katrina South after violent storms have decimated the region. It had been raining for weeks. Maybe months. He had forgotten the last day that it hadn’t rained, when the storms gave way to the pale blue of the Gulf sky, when the birds flew and the clouds were white and sunshine glistened across the drenched land. The Gulf Coast has been brought to its knees. Years of catastrophic hurricanes have so punished and depleted the region that the government has drawn a new boundary ninety miles north of the coastline. Life below the Line offers no services, no electricity, and no resources, and those who stay behind live by their own rules—including Cohen, whose wife and unborn child were killed during an evacuation attempt. He buried them on family land and never left. But after he is ambushed and his home is ransacked, Cohen is forced to flee. On the road north, he is captured by Aggie, a fanatical, snake-handling preacher who has a colony of captives and dangerous visions of repopulating the barren region. Now Cohen is faced with a decision: continue to the Line alone, or try to shepherd the madman’s prisoners across the unforgiving land with the biggest hurricane yet bearing down—and Cohen harboring a secret that poses the greatest threat of all. Eerily prophetic in its depiction of a Southern landscape ravaged by extreme weather, Rivers is a masterful tale of survival and redemption in a world where the next devastating storm is never far behind.“This is the kind of book that lifts you up with its mesmerizing language then pulls you under like a riptide” (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution).

Author: Robert Reynolds
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1365429407
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 100

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Johnny Rivers seemingly became an "overnight" success when music lovers discovered his popular shows His rise to fame resulted in a #2 hit with "Memphis. Many more followed, including his #1, "Poor Side of Town" and #3 "Secret Agent Man".The Music of Johnny Rivers tells the story of how young John Ramistella of Baton Rouge, Louisiana pursued his dream to follow in the footsteps of Fats Domino and Elvis Presley and make a career in music. But, success did not come easy, nor did it come quickly. A name change by legendary disc jockey Alan Freed began Johnny's journey to stardom. Not simply an entertainer, Rivers sang, wrote and produced hit records, and formed his own record company. He traveled to Vietnam to entertain the troops and he won a Grammy for producing a 5th Dimension #1 hit. Among Johnny's other major hits are: "Mountain of Love", "Rockin' Pneumonia", "Slow Dancin'", "Baby I Need Your Lovin'. RIvers placed 17 records in the Top 40, and sixteen LPs in the top album charts.

Author: Kevin R. Olson
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ISBN: 9781569394960
Category : Piano music
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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In his travels across the United States, composer Kevin Olson has been particularly struck by two things: the rich diversity in culture, and the amazing variety of natural beauty in the different regions of the country. In River Rhythms, Olson has combined both elements, portraying musical styles of these areas that are reflected in the rivers that run through each of them. Includes: Shadows in Salt Creek (Chicago); Hudson River Echoes (New York City); Blues on the Mississippi (New Orleans); Salsa on the Riverwalk (San Antonio); and Colorado River Rafting (Grand Canyon).

Author: Geraldine Pang De Souza
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ISBN: 9789811814273
Category : Eurasians
Languages : en
Pages : 284

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Author: Richard Eberhart
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 79

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