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Helen Ashe & Ellen Turner are 80-year old identical twins that were born into a sharecropper family in the south. Inspired by their father’s words: “Never take the last piece of bread — there may be someone hungrier than you,” they started The Love Kitchen in Knoxville, TN, in 1986, to help feed the hungry. [...]
Stay Golden, Smog – The Best of Golden Smog – The Rykodisc Years *R.I.Y.L. – The Jayhawks, Wilco, superbly crafted songs, smiling, ice cream, good American Rock n’ Roll What if they threw a super group and no one noticed? Such is the sad fate and glorious tale of Golden Smog. The group would deny [...]
Joan Baez will be celebrating 50 years since she began her legendary residency at Boston’s famed Club 47 at Etown on September 20th along with singer songwriter Brett Dennen. Tickets are still available here. Her music and her activism is more relevant now then ever before. I was reading about her online and found some [...]
Live Show: Saturday, Sep 20, 2008 7:00 pm Location: Chautauqua Auditorium Etown returns to the Chautauqua Auditorium to help Colorado’s Chautauqua Association celebrate the historic landmark’s 110th anniversary as a place of gathering to hear great music and exchange important ideas. This live radio show taping will feature music and conversation with the legendary singer/songwriter [...]
Live Show: Thursday, Sep 18, 2008 7:00 pm Location: The Boulder Theater Lila Downs is a treasure…a bi-cultural singer/songwriter raised in the Mixtec region of Oaxaca, Mexico and in Minnesota. Exploring and expressing Mexico’s rich culture has been a lifelong passion for Lila and it is expressed beautifully in her music. Her new album came [...]
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