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The Author’s Corner with Catherine V. Bateson

Rachel Petroziello   |  November 4, 2022

Catherine V. Bateson is Associate Lecturer of American History and American Studies Chief Examiner at the University of Kent. This interview is based on her new book, Irish American Civil War Songs: Identity, Loyalty, and Nationhood (LSU Press, 2022). JF:...

Song of the Day

John Fea   |  August 14, 2022

After an exhausting summer, I could really use a week or so at the Moonlight Motel (preferably one near the Jersey shore) before the start of the semester. Here is Bruce:...

Song of the Day

John Fea   |  July 31, 2022

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John Fea   |  July 30, 2022

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John Fea   |  July 29, 2022

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John Fea   |  July 28, 2022

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John Fea   |  July 27, 2022

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John Fea   |  July 26, 2022

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John Fea   |  July 25, 2022

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Song of the Day

John Fea   |  July 24, 2022

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Good morning!

John Fea   |  January 29, 2022

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All the growth in the music market is coming from old songs

John Fea   |  January 26, 2022

Here is Ted Gioia at The Atlantic: Old songs now represent 70 percent of the U.S. music market, according to the latest numbers from MRC Data, a music-analytics firm. Those who make a living from new music—especially that endangered species...

Song of the Day

John Fea   |  January 21, 2022

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Foo Fighters to Westboro Baptists: “You should be dancing!”

John Fea   |  August 6, 2021

The Westboro Baptist Church has a website. The URL is godhatesfags.com. The church is known for its pickets and protests against atheists, Jews, Muslims, homosexuals, and anyone who hangs around with atheists, Jews, Muslims, and homosexuals. Today some members of...

Song of the Day

John Fea   |  June 2, 2021

A little 1970s prog rock today:...

Songs of the Day

John Fea   |  May 29, 2021

RIP And for the slightly “younger generation“:...

Bruce Springsteen awarded Woodie Guthrie Prize

John Fea   |  May 15, 2021

From the Woody Guthrie Center website: The Woody Guthrie Prize is given annually to an artist who best exemplifies Woody Guthrie’s spirit and work by speaking for the less fortunate through music, film, literature, dance, or other art forms and...

Song of the Day

John Fea   |  April 16, 2021

“And a time to every purpose under heaven“:...

Bruce Springsteen’s embrace of liberalism

John Fea   |  April 6, 2021

Yesterday we published Tony Norman’s piece on Renegades: Born in the U.S.A., the much acclaimed Obama-Springsteen podcast. Check it out here. Read Norman’s piece alongside Dennis M. Hogan’s essay at The Baffler. In “Runaway American Dreams,” Hogan traces Springsteen’s move...

Song of the day

John Fea   |  February 5, 2021

Christopher Plummer, RIP:...

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