In the 20th century, French-language poetry was often influenced by American music. Guillaume Apollinaire, Léopold Sédar Senghor, and Boris Vian innovatively mined jazz and blues music for their own modern poetry. In much the same way, French rap musicians have… Read More ›
Since the 1990s, with the seemingly unending cycle of violence that has defined the Second Palestinian Intifada and the ‘War on terror’, Western media outlets have bombarded their viewers with the stark imagery of disaffected Arab youth. Terms like jihadi,… Read More ›
The literature on the blues, and to a somewhat lesser extent that on gospel, rhythm and blues, and soul, is of considerable interest to the jazz student. It also has a specialized readership of its own. As an ingredient of… Read More ›
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