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When The World Is On Fire: The Black Roots of American Folk Music

Because the Scots-Irish of Appalachia didn’t invent Americana. Or the banjo. I have strong memories of folk music swirling through my Southern, unapologetically black childhood. Music class in elementary school meant clapping on the one and three, singing along with Burl Ives recordings and doing the hokey pokey, and learning…

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When The World Is On Fire: The Black Roots of American Folk Music
When The World Is On Fire: The Black Roots of American Folk Music
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Happy New Year’s Eve Eve from New York City: A Memory from The Before Times

This is me a few Decembers ago at a New Year’s Eve Eve event at The Booth Mansion — otherwise known as The Players Club — a private club located in a tony neighborhood in New York City called Gramercy. Because New Year’s Eve is for amateurs. Prohibition Productions started…

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Happy New Year’s Eve Eve from New York City: A Memory from The Before Times
Happy New Year’s Eve Eve from New York City: A Memory from The Before Times
New York City

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Queen Esther

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Relaxing on the axis of the wheel of life.

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