Feature – 1111CR3W Rising Starts Episode 76

Click title to go to original: Record Review: Ken Woods and The Old Blue Gang – Ride the Rails There’s a certain kind of electricity that courses through a song when history, heartbreak, and musicianship collide. Ride the Rails, the blistering debut single from Ken Woods and The Old Blue […]

The day after the ambush

Commentators have been quick to point out that the orange pustule’s disgraceful performance yesterday was a win for Putin. But it is worse than it seems. It is a cataclysmic loss, bordering on a death blow, for the very principle of territorial integrity. The message isn’t simply that “Putin can […]

Anatomy of a Song – Sundown Town

“From Maine to California, thousands of communities kept out African Americans (or sometimes Chinese Americans, Jewish Americans, etc.) by force, law, or custom. These communities are sometimes called “sundown towns” because some of them posted signs at their city limits reading, typically, “N*gg*r, Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On […]

Anatomy of a Song – Lily White

Lily White Mine Disaster. Located northeast of Baker City in the Wallowa Mountains, the Lily White Gold Mine is thought to be the source of unverified stories about as many as 100 or as few as 13, Chinese miners being trapped in the mine sometime between 1886 and 1889. Either […]