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Remembering Violeta Parra

Review of Thanks to Life: A Biography of Violeta Parra, by Ericka Verba (2025)

Film Review – Dazed and Confused (Dir: Linklater, 1993)

Sound Maps: The New Archive (No. 6)

iTunes Remembers Black History: The New Archive (No. 5)

The Sapphires (2012)

Why is Anne Hathaway So Sad? The History Behind “Les Misérables” (2012)

Great Books on Early Twentieth-Century Popular Music

Book cover of Hello, Hello Brazil: Popular Music in the Making of Modern Brazil by Bryan McCann

Hello, Hello Brazil: Popular Music in the Making of Modern Brazil by Bryan McCann (2004)

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