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more about #musicians more comments → ampersandparade: I understand this, even though Joan is not my jam at all. As someone who has always been "the funny guy" sometimes it becomes frustrating to be taken... more » andBegorrah: Well, somebody had to make Dylan look like the fun one. more » PaintedTrollop: If there is a heaven, Marie Knight and Sister Rosetta Tharpe are singing up a gospel storm. They were fierce! more » Sputnik_Sweetheart: Death, you are officially on notice. Sleep with one eye open, Mr. Reaper, because it is ON. Like Donkey Kong. more » librariesare4lovers: I love bluegrass. And I could listen to Alison Krauss's voice all day long... more » Samanthrax: One of the perks of living in Kentucky is the prevalence of bluegrass. And moonshine. Bluegrass and moonshine are really all you need in life. And ... more » goldfarb: here's how you find her: 1 - make Apple comercial 2 - use one of her songs 3 - wait for phone call from her lawyer more » randomnessish: I remember hearing about her last year, and thinking she sounded amazing. I've always wondered what happened to her; it's just one of extremely sad a... more » Maulleigh: That's sad. It's probable she may have been found but was given a Jane Doe status if no one was looking for her. That happened to a girl my sister wen... more » PhillyLass: "After a decade or so spent living and working in New York, she became discouraged and moved to Ann Arbor, and for the next 12 years edited a scholarl... more » quatrevingtquatre: Recently, I had a (very conservative) friend go on a tear about how useless NPR was and how he didn't want his tax dollars going towards it. I wish he... more » MerryLilly: Wow 97, that's great! And she looks pretty and classy in that pic. Rest in peace. more » Khrushchev: Aw, wow. That's a life to be proud of. There's also a really great anecdote involving Rockettes in the obituary, for those who might love the Rockette... more » Samanthrax: The flute is awesome and hard to play. Go Frances! But the term is flautist?! I digress... RIP, Frances. more » Mary McCarthyite: I've always wondered how women styled their hair like that. Is it curled and pinned? Anyone know? more » -
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The Importance Of Being Earnest
Joan Baez: "I think I kept (my humor) under wraps...I was pretty humorless in the face of the cameras. And desperately soul-searching, talking to people like you – desperately wanting to be real, you know, and not phoney." [Telegraph] -
#rip
Beams Of Heaven
Gospel legend Marie Knight passed away Sunday at the age of 84. Knight first came to fame in the 1940s, while touring with Sister Rosetta Tharpe. The interview (left) is from the release of Knight's last album in 2007. [WWLTV] -
#cbgb
Hand-Picked
Musician Alison Brown: "It's a kind of sisterhood, really...women are leading the charge with the most interesting bluegrass." (That's legend Lily May Ledford at left.) [WSJ] -
#unsolvedmysteries
Converse All-Star
We've recently become fixated on Connie Converse, a 1950s folk singer whose work has just been rediscovered. Converse, who'd long since given up her musical dreams, disappeared in 1974. [NPR] -
#deaths
R.I.P. Frances Blaisdell
Frances Blaisdell, a musician who, when she made her debut with the New York Philharmonic was known as "the girl flutist," has died at 97. A musical pioneer, Blaisdell was also an accomplished teacher. [NYT]
