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77Adventures in Good Music Karl Haas
To refer to the late Karl Haas as a “disc jockey” is almost an insult. The creator and host of the longest-running daily classical radio music program in broadcast history entitled “Adventures in Good...
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71The Queen of Salsa: Celia Cruz
When someone says “salsa singer,” one of the first names that springs to mind is “La Reyna,” or the Queen of Salsa, Celia Cruz. A prolific and flamboyant salsa singer, Celia Cruz’s voice was...
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74Jazz Guitarist Sonny Sharrock--Ask the Ages
People can either take or leave jazz. There are those that are absolutely passionate about it; those that are snobs over it; those that are entirely dismissive of a lot of what is out there today and there...
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75Una Salsa Sensacion--Ruben Blades
Ruben Blades is an extraordinary Panamanian salsa singer and songwriter (with a Harvard degree), a movie star, political activist, and politician. Born on July 16, 1948 to Ruben Blades, Sr., a percussion...
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68African High Life Music
High life is a musical form that originated in Ghana in the late 1800s and spread to Sierra Leone, Nigeria and other West African countries in the 1920s. It has influenced all subsequent music borne of...
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77Ruminations on Trephination
Being a former brain surgery patient, I remain fascinated by the subject. Ancient brain surgery proved to be almost too much for even me, however! On a recent peregrination to San Diego, I happened to...
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73King Sunny Ade and Juju Music
King Sunny Ade, born on September 22, 1946 in Oshogbo, Nigeria, was the son of a Methodist minister. He is a popular performer also referred to as the “Minister of Enjoyment.” If you ever have the...
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72Think Your Sex Life is Private? Think Again!
You may or may not recall the birth control method called an intrauterine device or “IUD,” but many women relied on them after assurances from their doctor that they were “safe and reliable” and...
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64Elmore James now that's the blues
You've got to admire a guy whose desire to play the blues was as great as Elmore James'. He was a self-taught blues guitarist, who, at the age of 12 YO, created a one string instrument (called a “diddley...
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66Albert Ayler, Free Jazz Pioneer
Albert Ayler Albert Ayler was a jazz visionary who remains to this day, largely unknown. Born on July 13, 1936, in Cleveland, Ohio, Albert began taking alto sax lessons at the age of seven from his father,...
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