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Richie Havens' Passion for Peace, Justice, and Damn Fine Music
Society & Culture  (tags: activists, americans, celebrity, culture, death, education, media, music )

Kit
- 23 days ago - motherjones.com
On Monday, celebrated folk singer Richie Havens died of a heart attack at his Jersey City home at the age of 72. The Brooklyn-born musician was famous for his distinctive, husky baritone, and was a skilled and tough guitar player who could turn -->
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Love Song
Society & Culture  (tags: love, Love Song, Black Lodge Singers, Native American, music, songhumanrights, culture, family )

Nancy
- 92 days ago - youtube.com
Black Lodge Singers Love Song~ Native American Music
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121212: The Concert for Sandy Relief: Concert Review
Society & Culture  (tags: 12-12-12 concert, benefit, review, music, rock, society, politics, news, culture )

Cal
- 156 days ago - hollywoodreporter.com
Paul McCartney teams with Nirvana survivors for new song and Michael Stipe duets with Chris Martin on "Losing My Religion" as perhaps the greatest concert lineup of the new century comes together to help victims of the storm of the century
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RIP: Dave Brubeck, Legend Who Helped Define Jazz, Dies
Society & Culture  (tags: obituary, celebrity, music, Dave Brubeck, society, culture )

Cal
- 164 days ago - omg.yahoo.com
In a career that spanned almost all of American jazz since World War II, Brubeck's celebrated quartet combined exotic, challenging tempos with classical influences to create lasting standards.
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60 MINUTES: Rodriguez: The Rock Icon Who Didn't Know It
Society & Culture  (tags: MUSIC, music, culture, celebrity, inspiration, rock 'n' roll, interesting, news )

Cal
- 223 days ago - cbsnews.com
A Detroit musician living in poverty didn't know that in South Africa, he was more popular than the Beatles.
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TAKE ACTION NOW! Tell Jason Mraz-- DO A COVER OF 'American Pie' for CHARITY
Society & Culture  (tags: MUSIC, Jason Mraz, inspirational music, American Pie, activism, activists, news )

Cal
- 247 days ago - change.org
Jason Mraz is one of the most inspirational singers/songwriters, change-makers, humanitarians in the world...please sign if you would like him to record a cover Don McLeans classic 'American Pie' with a portion of the proceeds going to the Jason Mraz Foun
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Composer Marvin Hamlisch Dies at 68
Society & Culture  (tags: americans, music, Marvin Hamlisch, culture, society, world, movies, sadness )

Carrie
- 283 days ago - usatoday.com
The film and Broadway communities suffered an unexpected blow on Tuesday, when Marvin Hamlisch, one of their most prolific and enduringly popular composers, died at 68, after a brief, unspecified illness.
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Celebrating the Woody Guthrie Centennial
Society & Culture  (tags: music, lyrics, legend, 100th, Woody Guthrie, silence, Rosenberg, Eisenhower, freedom, human rights, war, peace, song, Pete Seeger, artifacts, smithsonian )

Nancy
- 288 days ago - smithsonianmag.com
Deep in the Smithsonian Folkways collections are never before seen artifacts from the life of one of the greatest musicians of all time.
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Bruce Springsteen and the Song of the Working Man
Society & Culture  (tags: rock, bruce, Bruce Springsteen, music, activism, culture, news, education, society, politics, usa, interesting )

Cal
- 334 days ago - cnn.com
In a rare press conference earlier this year, Bruce Springsteen spoke to reporters about his life and his music
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Occupy Songs: Which Side Are You on?
Society & Culture  (tags: Songs, music, art, Occupy, OWS, Global revolution, high spirits, solidiartty )

Betsy
- 367 days ago - occupy.com
Listen and love it. Listen and learn. Or do not listen and leave with haste lest your mind start to open.
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A Little Treat ...From Michael Moore
Society & Culture  (tags: Occupy THis Album, Michael Moore, music, free song, Occupy )

Nancy
- 378 days ago - soundcloud.com
It's my contribution to "Occupy This Album", a compilation CD (99 songs!) featuring David Crosby & Graham Nash, Steve Earle, Tom Morello, Willie Nelson, Ani DiFranco, Third Eye Blind, Immortal Technique and Jackson Browne to be released Tuesday, May 15th
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RIP---Levon Helm, Drummer and Singer With the Band, Dies at 71
Society & Culture  (tags: obituary, music, Levon Helm TheBand, rock, n' roll, culture, celebrity, arts, politics, news )

Cal
- 393 days ago - latimes.com
Levon Helm's Arkansas-hewn voice and imaginative drumming helped make the Band -- first known as Bob Dylan's backup band -- into one of the most esteemed groups in pop music history.
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THE BOSS SPEAKS: Bruce Springsteen On The Meaning Of Music
Society & Culture  (tags: music, Springsteeen, Bruce Springsteen, The Boss, culture, world, society, politics, freedoms, arts, celebrity )

Cal
- 428 days ago - npr.org
Bruce Springsteen offered much to take away from his keynote address at Austin's annual South by Southwest music festival. He advised young musicians to believe in their own greatness --
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For Better Grades, Try Bach in the Background
Society & Culture  (tags: children, culture, education, learning, music, society )

Kit
- 501 days ago - truth-out.org
New research from France finds students learned more when a videotaped lecture was underscored with classical music.
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