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JOAN BAEZ, 64 The celebrated folk singer continues to tour and raise her voice in support of environmentalism...
DIED. HAROLD LEVENTHAL, 86, pre-eminent folk impresario of the last half-century; in New York City. Among Leventhal's credentials: pushing a scruffy 21-year-old Bob Dylan onstage for his first major concert-hall appearance; bringing Jacques Brel and Ravi Shankar to American audiences; and representing, at one time or another, every major figure of the 1950s-and-'60s folk-music revival, including Joan Baez and Peter, Paul and Mary. A producer of Alice's Restaurant and other movies, he was the inspiration for the central character of Irving Steinbloom in the 2003 film spoof A Mighty Wind...
...North Carolina, have even hit rural areas with sales tax increases and funding cuts. In Washington, lawmakers sing their own praises, claiming they are the champions of rural America by passing an occasional agriculture subsidy that does little to help farmers. Help seems nowhere in sight for impoverished country folk...
...decades of D&G's sexy, streamlined signatures before the models stomped out in fresh white eyelet bustier dresses and romantic ballgowns strewn with flowers - all against a backdrop of hay bales and, of course, two goats and a farmhand. Quite why the two designers, known among fashion folk as "the boys," decided to celebrate their longevity with this rollicking romp in the hay wasn't clear. But the lavish event also highlighted the fact that Dolce & Gabbana, once fresh from the farm themselves, have ripened into internationally respected designers with sales of $885 million in 2004 and an instantly...
...where Goethe’s trip took him to the glittering nexus of a unitary “classical” culture, González leads his listener through a more cosmopolitan pantheon of sincere acoustic folk, taking in everything from spicy Spanish flourishes to British pastoral balladeering on a breakneck journey through his musical heritage...