Pages tagged “issue 14”

Waking Up To Hotel Rwanda

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The Rwandan genocide of 1994 was one of the most horriffic events of the 20th century, resulting in the deaths of one million people...  read more

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Bright Eyes

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When you’re young, live in Omaha, Neb., and run your own label, you can do damn near whatever you want...  read more

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Ken Burns On Boxer Jack Johnson

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Documentarian Ken Burns has entered the ring for 12 rounds with the first black heavyweight champion of the world and emerged to tell the tale...  read more

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Tim Booth

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“I don’t make small talk,” says Tim Booth, his voice buoyantly bursting through the transatlantic wires. “I really enjoy going into a deeper level with people. Don’t you?”...  read more

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The Next American Music

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It’s early morning as I drive east from Charlottesville, Va., rolling fast through the base of the Blue Ridge Mountains toward Richmond...  read more

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Ed Harcourt

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London's Waterloo station is where the Tube intersects with country-crossing British rail. Today’s a bank holiday, but the place is crawling with...  read more

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Earl Scruggs

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Earl Scruggs didn’t invent the banjo, but musicians and music historians credit him as the person who liberated the instrument from its...  read more

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Christophe Barratier

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When Christophe Barratier wrote The Chorus (Les Choristes), he knew he was incorporating much of his past into the script. But he didn’t realize he was also penning...  read more

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My Mission to Burma

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Singer/songwriters Damien Rice and Ani DiFranco traveled to Myanmar (Burma) last July to visit refugee camps and meet with dissidents struggling for freedom...  read more

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Signs of Life 2004

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Let’s face it. Most of us first watch the majority of each year’s best films on DVDs. We live in small markets that show only action blockbusters...  read more

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