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Black Musicians Who Were Targeted By The FBI and Other Law Enforcement
For decades, the FBI has kept a close eye on Black musicians and other artists they saw as a threat to the status quo.
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Go slow, Kenyans tell Matiang'i, remind memory is still fresh of his stint in power
As human rights agenda takes front and centre of our national discourse, this could be Matiang’i’s Achilles’s heel.
Robert Wyatt and his red era: how did communism shape his work?
In 1979, former Soft Machine drummer Robert Wyatt joined the Communist Party of Great Britain and cut a string of idiosyncratic yet impassioned socialist pop.
Brandee Younger Has a New Secret Weapon: Alice Coltrane’s Harp
The harpist, composer and bandleader plays it on her latest album, “Gadabout Season,” a persuasive argument for the vast ...
Rough Draft Atlanta on MSN3d
Theatre Review: 'Young John Lewis' is the 'Hamilton' of Atlanta's civil rights history
Seeing the world premiere of “Young John Lewis” at Theatrical Outfit feels like being on the precipice of something big; you ...
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Odd News
June 12 (UPI) -- Authorities in a South Carolina coastal town were surprised to discover a shelled creature found wandering through a neighborhood was a non-native tortoise. June 12 (UPI ...
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Pianist Bobby West Returns June 4 With ‘Requiem for Mary Turner,’ A Convergence Of Music, Visual Art And Historical Truth
Photos: Requiem for Mary Turner\\Instagram\\Wikimedia Commons. LOS ANGELES, CA – Pianist/composer Bobby West is a four-decade ...