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Sep 30, 2012, 10:20:54 PM9/30/12
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Greetings,
In the latest issue of Perfect Sound Forever <http://www.perfectsoundforever.com>, you'll find (among other things):
DAVID ACKLES
Folkie's Uncertain Legacy, by Kasper Nijsen
"In 2007 a box-set entitled 'There Is A River: The Elektra Recordings' was set to be released, only to be withdrawn shortly afterwards, in a gesture that symbolized singer-songwriter David Ackles's life-long failure to break through to a larger audience. Yet this failure is hardly due to a lack of critical appreciation..."
BLIND ALFRED REED
Old-Timey Economic Blues Resonate, by Bill Bamberger
"One blind singer who did try to point out inequities in America's economic and social strata--and who is, by some, said to have been the first "protest singer"--was Alfred Reed. Reed was born blind in Floyd, Virginia in 1880. He had a good voice for country music, nasal and twangy yet easy to understand, and he learned to play the fiddle to accompany himself and this is how he made his living."
We're always looking for good writers and/or ideas so let us know if you have anything to share.
See you online,
Jason
In the latest issue of Perfect Sound Forever <http://www.perfectsoundforever.com>, you'll find (among other things):
DAVID ACKLES
Folkie's Uncertain Legacy, by Kasper Nijsen
"In 2007 a box-set entitled 'There Is A River: The Elektra Recordings' was set to be released, only to be withdrawn shortly afterwards, in a gesture that symbolized singer-songwriter David Ackles's life-long failure to break through to a larger audience. Yet this failure is hardly due to a lack of critical appreciation..."
BLIND ALFRED REED
Old-Timey Economic Blues Resonate, by Bill Bamberger
"One blind singer who did try to point out inequities in America's economic and social strata--and who is, by some, said to have been the first "protest singer"--was Alfred Reed. Reed was born blind in Floyd, Virginia in 1880. He had a good voice for country music, nasal and twangy yet easy to understand, and he learned to play the fiddle to accompany himself and this is how he made his living."
We're always looking for good writers and/or ideas so let us know if you have anything to share.
See you online,
Jason
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