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Singin’ on Sunday – Topaz McGarrigle and Mudphonic
Topaz @ the Granada Theater July 5, 2009 Evolution. Applying the term to Topaz McGarrigle’s career as a professional musician provides a fascinating case study with more twists and turns than a Colorado River water moccasin. And its end result … Continue reading
Star Spangled Banner : Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock
Jimi Hendrix plays the national anthem The Rag Blog
Juan Cole : Michael Jackson, Islam and the Middle East
Michael Jackson. Photo from Getty Images. Michael Jackson was deeply hurt and humiliated by the experience [of his 2005 trial], and his withdrawal to Bahrain and search for a different tradition of spirituality may well have come out of that … Continue reading
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Tagged Deaths, Islam, Michael Jackson, Middle East, Musicians, Popular Culture, Popular Music
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Tina Marsh : Requiem for a Jazz Angel
Photo by Michael Fuentes.Vissi d’arte:Requiem for Tina Marsh, golden-voiced jazz angel and fearless explorer of far-flung musical frontiers Tina Marsh lived for art, and on Tuesday, June 16, she died for art in her South Austin home surrounded by family … Continue reading
Stephanie Chernikowski : ‘Looking at Music: Side 2’ at the MOMA
Sonic Youth. 1983. Black-and-white photograph, 11 x 17″ (27.9 x 43.2 cm). Photo by Stephanie Chernikowski / Looking at Music: Side 2 / Museum of Modern Art, New York. That is a very early shot of Kim Gordon and Thurston … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Austin, Musicians, New York City, Photographers, Photography, Punk Rock, Sixties
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Guitar Maestro Stephen Bruton : Remembering the Fort Worth Flash
Stephen Bruton, the Fort Worth Flash. Stephen was music, a genuine player’s player… Kristofferson called him ‘the best damn rock and roll guitar player in the world.’ By Joe Nick Patoski / The Rag Blog / May 24, 2009 Turner … Continue reading
Vince Bell : The Life and Times of a Texas Songwriter
This is a fine book about Texas music, the singer-songwriter tradition, and a personal journey that ends triumphant in the here and now. By Joe Nick Patoski See ‘From Euphoria to Tragedy and Back’ by Michael Corcoran and ‘The Making … Continue reading
Singin’ on Sunday – Madeleine Peyroux
Madeleine Peyroux – Bare Bones The third album in four years from song interpreter extraordinaire Madeleine Peyroux, Bare Bones is both an extension of the currents of 2004’s Careless Love and 2006’s Half the Perfect World and a bold step … Continue reading
Music Video : Arlo Guthrie is (Still) Changing His Name to Chrysler
I’m Changing My Name to ChryslerPerformed by Arlo Guthrie. Lyrics by Tom Paxton. “Corporate welfare-the enormous and myriad subsidies, bailouts, giveaways, tax loopholes, debt revocations, loan guarantees, discounted insurance and other benefits conferred by government on business-is a function of … Continue reading
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Tagged Arlo Guthrie, Corporate Corruption, Music Video, Musicians, Wall Street Bailout
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Ric Sternberg Video : Million Musician March for Peace, Part 3
The Million Musician March:STILL Keeping Austin Weird By Ric Sternberg / The Rag Blog / May 5, 2009 Part 3 of the 2009 Million Musician March trilogy is now up and running. [The 2009 Million Musician March for Peace, an … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Million Musicians March, Musicians, Peace Movement, Social Action, Video
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Ric Sternberg Video : Million Musician March for Peace
“Bionic Ric” Sternberg played in the band and also filmed the Million Musicians March — led by Grand Marshal Wavy Gravy — on March 21, 2009, in Austin, Texas. Photo by Alan Pogue / The Rag Blog.The Million Musician March:Just … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Million Musicians March, Musicians, Peace Movement, Social Action, Video
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Thorne Dreyer : Wavy Gravy Leads Austin Musicians in March for Peace
Hippie legend Wavy Gravy leads the Million Musicians March in Austin, March 21, 2009. Photo by Mara Eurich / The Rag Blog.Austin musicians and activists decide to be “instruments for peace.” Photo by Alan Pogue / The Rag Blog. “Of … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Million Musicians March, Musicians, Peace Movement, Social Protest, SXSW, Texas, Wavy Gravy
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