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Category Archives: biography
Sneak Peek Inside “Bill Monroe: The Life and Music of the Blue Grass Man”
in american history, biography, bluegrass, excerpt, music
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Tom Ewing presents fans of bluegrass music with an in-depth and long-awaited biography on the Blue Grass Man himself, Bill Monroe. Called “insightful” by The Wall Street Journal, Bill Monroe: The Life and Music of the Blue Grass Man covers Monroe’s story … Continue reading
A Q&A with Walter Aaron Clark, author of “Los Romeros: Royal Family of the Spanish Guitar”
in biography, guitar, latino studies, music
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Walter Aaron Clark is Distinguished Professor of Musicology and the founder/director of the Center for Iberian and Latin American Music at the University of California, Riverside. His books include Isaac Albéniz: Portrait of a Romanticand Enrique Granados: Poet of the Piano. In 2016, … Continue reading
Q&A with Himanee Gupta-Carlson, author of “Muncie, India(na): Middletown and Asian America”
in american history, asian american studies, authors, biography, culture, Illinois / regional, immigration, Uncategorized
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Himanee Gupta-Carlson is an associate professor at SUNY Empire State College. She recently answered some questions about her new book, Muncie, India(na): Middletown and Asian America. Q. Muncie, Indiana is well-known for being the site of the famous Middletown Studies, … Continue reading
Q&A with Naomi André, author of “Black Opera: History, Power, and Engagement”
in African American Studies, american history, biography, ethnomusicology, music, Uncategorized, women's history, world history
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Naomi André is an associate professor in the departments of African and Afroamerican Studies and Women’s Studies and the associate director in the Residential College at the University of Michigan. She is the author of Voicing Gender: Castrati, Travesti, and the Second … Continue reading
In search of Lincoln’s hand
in biography, Illinois / regional, Lincoln
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, crime, hand, Herndon on Lincoln: Letters
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The Railsplitter always remains newsworthy. Perhaps you remember the recent Lincoln-related crime wave in Kankakee, Illinois, where a thief or thieves took a plaster sculpture of Abraham Lincoln’ hand. Let’s go to local reaction, as reported in the January 3, 2016 … Continue reading
Happy Birthday Steven Soderbergh
in biography, film
Tagged Aaron Baker, Contemporary Film Directors Series, directors, film, movies, Steven Soderbergh
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Born on January 14, 1963, in Atlanta, Steven Soderbergh found filmmaking in his teens. His Hollywood apprenticeship included work as a cue card holder and a director of concert films. In 1986, his film Sex, Lies, and Videotape helped launch the surge … Continue reading
Curly Seckler RIP
in biography, bluegrass, music
Tagged bluegrass, Curly Seckler, Penny Parsons
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During the holiday break, we received the sad news that bluegrass pioneer Curly Seckler had passed away at the age of 98. “The greatest tenor singer of all time,” said Marty Stuart, and indeed Seckler’s vocal and mandolin work with the … Continue reading
One hundred-and-one years ago, Francis Albert Sinatra entered the world in Hoboken, New Jersey. He proceeded to live one of the more completely lived lives this side of Casanova. Though foiled by television, Sinatra otherwise thrived across mass media, earning love … Continue reading
Who Was Jesse W. Weik?
in biography, Lincoln
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Herndon's Lincoln, Jesse W. Weik
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Seven-year-old Jesse W. Weik was in the crowd when Abraham Lincoln’s funeral train passed through Indianapolis on its way to Springfield. Weik’s father, an immigrant baker and grocer, lifted his son to see the late president’s body. Years later, the … Continue reading
