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Suze Rotolo's revealing look at young Bob Dylan
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterNEW YORK -- It was one of the most iconic record album covers ever released, and Suze Rotolo was part of it: On a snowy day in 1963, she snuggled with Bob Dylan as the two walked down a Greenwich Village street. "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" went on to...Tags: Justice and Rights, Bill Cosby, Bob Dylan, Greenwich Village, Bertolt Brecht
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'The Protest Singer' by Alec Wilkinson
The Protest Singer An Intimate Portrait of Pete Seeger Alec Wilkinson Alfred A. Knopf: 160 pp., $22.95 In January, two days before the inauguration of Barack Obama, hundreds of thousands of people gathered on Washington, D.C.'s National Mall for a...Tags: Usher, Woody Guthrie, James Taylor, Pete Seeger, John F. Kennedy
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Nick Reynolds, 75, dies; a founding member of the Kingston Trio
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterNick Reynolds, who as a college student grabbed a guitar, donned a broad-striped button-down shirt and quickly helped propel the 1950s folk music revival to the top of the pop music charts as a founding member of the Kingston Trio, died Wednesday in San...Tags: Peter, Paul, and Mary (music group), Jerry Lee Lewis, Pete Seeger, Grammy Awards, Ceremonies
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El Sereno instrument-maker carves out a niche
Special to The TimesCesar Augusto Castro Gonzalez found his calling when he went looking for a buddy to play some soccer during recess. Castro was attending middle school in the Mexican coastal city of Veracruz and was told he could find his friend, Omar, at a workshop...Tags: Mexico, Music Industry
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Odetta Holmes dies at 77; folk singer championed black history, civil rights
Odetta, the classically trained folk, blues and gospel singer who used her powerfully rich and dusky voice to champion African American music and civil rights issues for more than half a century starting in the folk revival of the 1950s, has died. She was...Tags: Minority Groups, Pete Seeger, Lenox Hill, Social Issues, Genres
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Travis Edmonson dies at 76; half of folk duo Bud & Travis
Travis Edmonson, a singer-songwriter who as part of the duo Bud & Travis influenced other folk musicians and helped expand the audience for Spanish-language songs, has died. He was 76. Edmonson, who had Parkinson's disease and other illnesses, died...Tags: Health, Mesa, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Armed Forces, Latin Music (genre)
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New CDs: Tom Morello, Mercury Rev, Kellie Pickler
Tom Morello: The Nightwatchman "The Fabled City" (Epic)
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Some people think folk music is more honest than other forms, but it's also rich territory for alter egos. Bob Dylan called himself Blind Boy Grunt to continue making folk recordings as he...Tags: Clay Aiken, Taylor Swift, Kelly Clarkson, Kellie Pickler, Bob Dylan
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For Jaymay, each song is a piece of her soul
Special to The TimesJAYMAY will have to get used to this recurring little scene: the TV cameras and applause signs, the cue cards and her own face staring back from the video monitors. This sometimes happens to a young troubadour on the rise, even a singer-songwriter and...Tags: Television, Craig Ferguson, Central Park, Conan O'Brien, Entertainment
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An Austria frozen in time
Special to The TimesOne ancient Alpine day the people of Lungau, a 25-by-30-mile hand-shaped nest of glaciated and riverine valleys tucked behind Salzburg's Tauern Alps, chose the fittest man among them and sent him to find the end of the world. A three-day walk from his...Tags: Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Cross Country Skiing, Metal and Mineral, Sports, Hotels and Accommodations
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