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Tag: Bob Dylan
CONNECTIONS: Remembering The Music Inn
Music Inn existed as a venue from 1950–1979. During three different phases, it was consistently a gathering place of American musicians.
At reunion of alumni and friends of legendary Music Inn, a book is born
“There was a revolution going on. The music predicted it, reported it and reminisced it.”
— David Rothstein, former co-owner of the Music Inn
Bits & Bytes: ‘Dr. Du Bois and Miss Ovington;’ ‘The Kabbalah of Bob Dylan;’ 1854 Town Hall benefit; 28,000 lbs. of food donated
‘Dr. Du Bois and Miss Ovington’ is set in 1915 and centers on an encounter between Du Bois and fellow NAACP co-founder Mary White Ovington.
LEONARD QUART: An abnormal spring day
Every day another egregious or horrific decision is made under Trump’s aegis, and it rests heavily on the collective psyche of people.
Living History: American Roots Music, sustaining our oral tradition
American Roots Music is an acoustic music oral tradition that echoes the story of man and his relation to land and community through words, music, and dance. The music’s origins date back thousands of years.
CONNECTIONS: In honor of Bobby Zimmerman from Brainerd, Minnesota
Carole Owens remembers growing up with Bob Dylan in the lonely cold wilds of northern Minnesota: “He went right up – when they called ‘open mike’ — and sang. Abby and I were mortified, embarrassed, whatever, because he was scrawny and his voice was nasal and not very melodic.”
AT TANGLEWOOD: A fresh, new Bob Dylan; a powerhouse Mavis Staples
Saturday’s crowd at Tanglewood came face to face with a living, breathing, fully energized Bob Dylan. And when Mavis Staples sings, angels rejoice.
CONNECTIONS: The Music Inn, Tanglewood’s antithesis next door
For a time the Berkshire Music Center stood a neighbor to the Lenox School for Jazz; the BSO played next door to Anita O’Day and Lena Horne.