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...ever. Now, at 76, Horne is back with her most ambitious recording in years, and it's a stunner. The lady has soul, and it's no longer on ice. We'll Be Together Again is a collection of 16 songs written by composers ranging from Duke Ellington to Kris Kristofferson. The record is really a tribute to one particular composer, though. The liner notes call the album "a prayer -- a private, sacred promise to a lost love." That love is for Horne's great friend Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington's composing partner, who died...
...wrongdoers seeking righteousness: "There's no eye for an eye/ There's no tooth for a tooth/ I saw Judas Iscariot carrying John Wilkes Booth." Cash's voice has deepened with age; he has never sounded more commanding. The songs were written by a range of composers, including Cash, Kris Kristofferson and even hard rocker Glenn Danzig. Each one is moderately paced, simply arranged. Cash's guitar work is direct and intimate -- an old cowboy strumming away around a dying campfire...
Neither of the present Democratic candidates is an "unrepentant progressive who runs on the Democratic platform, not against it," says Braude, who is the husband of Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers lead organizer Kris Rondeau...
...Kris was known by friends and colleagues for her warmth and insight...
...wonderful listener," said Julius Silberger, who worked with Kris at both HMS and UHS. "When we began our work at UHS, she recognized that women students preferred to talk to a woman. This insight was ground-breaking at the time. Women students were worried about their place in the profession...