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...Peyroux's singing, what's old is new again. Born in Athens, Ga., she has a gut feeling for "the good old reminiscence of Southern music"--country and bluegrass, the blues, early jazz. In her albums and live shows, she includes tunes once owned by figures like Bessie Smith, Hank Williams and of course Holiday. At the same time, she features the work of such contemporaries as Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen, not to mention her originals. What is the common element in all these songs, other than the musical alchemy by which she makes them her own? "I could...
...during renovations there, the program is on the road, tonight in Milwaukee. It is now 4:57˝, and Keillor is cranking up to do his first live broadcast in five weeks. He flaps about looking distracted, claiming that he has forgotten the words to his theme song, the Hank Snow tune Hello Love. People in the audience call out the words. He waves an extravagant thanks, grins a froggy grin and rumbles into "Well, look who's comin' through that door,/ I think we've met somewhere before,/ hello love...
Sure, you’ve got legends like Sandy Koufax and Hank Greenberg and Mark Spitz—the token Chosen Athletes often evoked, quite indignantly, at the suggestion that the Jewish culture and the athletic culture might not go hand-in-hand—but the list does not continue far beyond these names...
...baseball stars barry bonds and Mark McGwire used illegal steroids, they deserve to be in a Hall of Shame [March 28]. But perhaps one good thing will come from this scandal: a greater appreciation for home-run king Hank Aaron, a man of decency and dignity and a record holder worthy of a child's adulation. Thirty-one years after breaking Babe Ruth's record for most career homers, Aaron still remains in his shadow. How ironic that it might be Bonds' downfall that finally allows Aaron to emerge. It's about time...
Sunday, April 10. Thanking Hank: A Salute to the Piano Master, featuring the Harvard Jazz Bands, Hank Jones on piano and Joe Lovano on saxophone, with the Harvard Jazz Bands. 7 p.m. Sanders Theater. Regular tickets $15. Students and senior citizens $8. Tickets available at the Harvard Box Office...