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JOHN WILLIAMS´ FILM MUSIC

John Williams has penned some of the most unforgettable film scores-while netting more than fifty Academy Award nominations
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Knopfler Kronicles Part 7: THOMAS PYNCHON AND MASON & DIXON

The meticulously researched novel is a sprawling postmodernist saga recounting the lives and careers of the English astronomer Charles Mason and his partner, the surveyor Jeremiah Dixon, the surveyors of the Mason–Dixon line, during the birth of the American Republic

JOHN PRINE: biography

the book takes readers on an evocative journey through John Prine's Chicago.
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KNOPFLER KRONIKLES PART 5: MASON AND DIXON DRAW THE LINE

When Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon arrived in Philadelphia in November 1763, no one would have recognized them apart from the other passengers on the ship. However, after their five-year stay in the American colonies, their names are forever remembered with the border that separates Pennsylvania from Maryland and the other surrounding states. Most importantly for scientists and geographers around the country and world, when Mason and Dixon were surveying the line, they measured the first degree of latitude in North American and made the first scientific gravity measurements recorded across the Atlantic Ocean.
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JEFF TWEEDY TALKING

A conversation confirmed Crowell and Tweedy were a mutual admiration society, and Tweedy suggested Crowell should come to Chicago sometime and do some recording at the Loft, Wilco's Windy City rehearsal space and private studio. Crowell took Tweedy up on the offer, and the result was 2023's The Chicago Sessions.
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THE WEEKEND WALKABOUT (2) edited by Norman Warwick

Welcome to volume two of our new supplement, in which we take a gentle Weekend Walkabout. We play lost andf found with the pieces that have escaped us in daily posts of the previous week and alert you to upcoming events you might have forgotten about.
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Knopfler´s Kronikles Part 3: BUNTING OUT FOR BASIL´S POETRY

Though some reviewers were exasperated by its difficulty, “Briggflatts” by Basil Bunting was received by most as a masterpiece, hailed as the successor to Pound’s “Cantos” and Eliot’s “Four Quartets” by such critics as Thom Gunn and Cyril Connolly.
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ISN´T HER GRACE AMAZING?

Cheryl Wills, the granddaughter of a Gospel singer, at last shines a spotlight on these spectacular women of song

Knopfler Kronikles part 2: BERYL

Ken Capobianco in The Boston Globe: “Mark Knopfler does what he does best, delivering finely wrought, elegantly arranged songs of subtle depth and rich musicality, many extending past five minutes without overstaying their welcome.” The public concurred, sending Tracker to No.3 in the UK and No.1 in many other European countries, including Germany, Holland, Denmark, Norway and Austria.
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HOW HAPPY I AM to see a new book on The Incredible String Band

The Incredible String Band evoke love and devotion to all those who fall under their spell. Their world is not ours, but a land of mythical creatures and fey beings.