Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Ferguson, MO and Police Militarization Democracy Now Headlines – August 22nd, 2014 [Democracy Now] Democracy Now – “Black Life Is Treated with Short Worth”: Talib Kweli & Rosa Clemente on Michael Brown Shooting Orlando Jones puts a powerful twist on the ALS ice bucket challenge. [Yahoo] Hip-Hop’s Top Tier Goes Silent On Ferguson – Superstars like Jay Z, Kanye West, and Lil Wayne — fitful allies in the fight for civil rights — may be …
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Democracy Now August 15, 2014 headlines [Democracy Now] Democracy Now – The killing of Michael Brown: Missouri police shooting of unarmed black teen sparks days of protests (8-12-2014) Standoff in Ferguson, a New York Times short online documentary Meet 4 other unarmed black men killed by US police in recent weeks. [Mother Jones] Here are ways to help people in Ferguson. [Buzzfeed] Men Without a Country: Mike Brown, Trayvon Martin, My Father and Me – I can pretend to belong here better than Trayvon …
Nashville 2.0 – The Rise of Americana (2013) is a documentary that explores the sounds of Americana, a term used to group music that does not fit nicely in their respective genres. Musicians under the Americana umbrella draw inspiration from a mixture of country, folk, bluegrass, R&B, blues, jazz, roots rock, gospel, rockabilly, honky-tonk, alternative rock, folk rock, and punk. Nashville 2.0 highlights veteran and newer musicians like Emmylou Harris, Johnny Cash, The Carolina Chocolate Drops, Rosanne Cash, The Avett Brothers, The Mavericks, Jason Isbell and many others. Nashville 2.0 also …
I stumbled upon some clips of a CMT documentary Waiting in the Wings about African Americans in country music from 2004. Contrary to popular image and narrative of country music being mainly a white Euro-American rural based music, this CMT documentary sought to explore the contributions of African American country musicians over the years and the African influences on the early development of country music. Unfortunately I couldn’t find a full stream of this documentary. If anyone has any leads leave …
Last Tuesday July 29, 2014 Legendary Jazz drummer Idris Muhammad passed away at the age of 74 in New Orleans, Louisiana. His drum sounds are heavily coveted and sampled by Hip-Hop artists and artists from other drum-centric genres . RIP. [NY Times] [The Times Picayune][BoingBoing] Wax Poetic’s magazine interview with Idris Muhammad from 2001. [Wax Poetics] Democracy Now August 8th, 2014 headlines. [Democracy Now] The Brazilian bus magnate who’s buying up all the world’s vinyl records. [NY Times] Why nerdy white guys …
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