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Everything you ought to dig about Harry Belafonte, authentic American folk activist
Don't laugh at Harry Belafonte, the incomparable American/world roots folk musician and popularizer, for being caught on tv asleep or meditating last week. Laugh with him during his appearance with Steven Colbert which he amazingly turns…
Added by Howard Mandel on October 23, 2011 at 3:00pm — 8 Comments
Living Blues magazine founder Jim O'Neal is ill and uninsured; benefit concerts planned
Jim O'Neal, founder in 1970 of Living Blues magazine and a serious independent researcher into American roots music, is among the 59 million Americans without health insurance, and has lymph cancer. A series of benefit concerts are scheduled to raise funds for…
Added by Howard Mandel on October 17, 2011 at 7:00pm — No Comments
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