Critical Essay by Bart Testa
It may be an anomaly that no one has become more cliched than the "singer-songwriter." With only him/herself to talk about, the singer-songwriter has either...
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Critical Essay by Noel Coppage
There is a literati in popular music, a group of people with refined musical taste, education, and judgment, and my contention that Gordon Lightfoot is at the head of i...
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Critical Essay by Noel Coppage
Gordon Lightfoot is an absolute must for anyone who would learn about Canada by listening. His preoccupation with the images of summer is a Northern predilection. His s...
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Critical Essay by Noel Coppage
In the old days of popular music, men were men and women were—it says in some of those recent analyses of old songs—abused. Now, though, David Bowie and o...
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The legend of the life preserver of the Edmund Fitzgerald has been wrecked.A vacationing family this month found a life ring that reads "Edmund Fitzgerald" along a remote patch of Lake Superior, an...
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Today is Saturday, Nov. 17, the 321st day of 2007. There are 44 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Nov. 17, 1800, Congress held its first session in Washington in the partially c...
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I don't know about you, but I'm constantly misunderstanding song lyrics. In many cases, I never figure what's actually being sung until I see the words in writing. Here are some examples of song ly...
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Celebrity birthdays for the week of Nov. 11-17:Nov. 11: Comedian Jonathan Winters is 82. Jazz singer-pianist Mose Allison is 80. Country singer Narvel Felts is 69. Guitarist Vince Martell of Vanill...
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Critical Essay by Bart Testa
Life ring not from Edmund Fitzgerald
