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Amy Speace Opening For Judy Collins & Shawn Colvin This November
Grassy Hill Entertainment singer-songwriter Amy Speace will be opening for Folk icon Judy Collins as well as Shawn Colvin (1989 Best Contemporary Folk Grammy winner) this month. In between, she will...

Playing the Guitar - The Shrek Song
One of the greatest songs I've ever heard is Hallelujah, commonly known as the Shrek Song. This song has an interesting story. Written by Leonard Cohen and recorded on his 1984 album, Various Position...

Changing Musical Tastes
My parents, especially my mother was always listening to music when I was younger. So from a very young age I developed a love for all types of music: rock, folk, country, Celtic. My Mom is a big...

Parenting Today - New Year Resolutions
It's full steam ahead to the all-important New Year's Day Resolutions. Not meaning to burst your bubble in this regard, here's a little salutary tale. In 1923 at the Edgewater Beach Hotel in Chicago, ...

Review of the Herbie Hancock CD River The Joni Letters
Herbie Hancock has released him most recent CD entitled River The Joni Letters. Unfortunately, it's not everyday that I get a CD from an artist that I can just pop in and comfortably listen to from b...

Herbie Hancock's "River: Letters to Joni" CD
Before recording the Joni Mitchell songs that comprise 10 of the 12 tracks* on "River - The Joni Letters," Herbie Hancock first gathered his fellow musicians -- Wayne Shorter on sax, Dave Holl...

Michigan SEO Is Dead - Long Live Rebel Marketing
Getting good SEO these days is like getting a good hair stylist. Every online marketer thinks they got the magic touch. Price is always the bottom line factor. The customer tries to save "a few bu...

Environmental Disaster Law
On March 23, 1989, the supertanker Exxon Valdez pulled out of Valdez, Alaska, loaded with more than 56,000,000 gallons of crude oil. Captain Joseph Hazelwood, the Master of the vessel, had spent the ...

Herbie Hancock River The Joni Letters Rock Music CD Review
The exceptionally talented Rock artist Herbie Hancock has released him CD entitled River The Joni Letters. I am very confident and happy to announce that I believe Herbie Hancock fans, and Rock fans a...

A List of Southern Africans in the Royal Air Force During World War One (1914-1919)
A List of Southern Africans in the Royal Air Force During World War One 1914-1919 By Ross Dix-Peek The following List contains 744 names, of the Approximately 2000 - 3000 Southern Africans who se...

Wabi-sabi: The Beauty Of Imperfection
Ring the bells that still can ring. Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack, a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in. --Leonard Cohen Tucked away in the deepest heart of Japan, so...

A Growing Demand for Poetry Books
Where were you when American poetess Sylvia Plath gassed herself in her London kitchen at the age of 30 during the harsh winter of 1963? Not perhaps the stuff our memories are made of, but all th...

Poetry Writing Exercise 3
Exercise 3: Collage This exercise is helpful in several ways. It helps you to understand the connections between lines of poetry and how poetry is composed. It also helps you to become more close...

My Wabi-Sabi Master is My Dog
My Wabi-Sabi Master is My Dog Perfection is a gooey chew toy on a worn out old blankie

By GALINA PEMBROKE

Up until recently, three dominant attitudes have ruled my living space: ...

Music Reviews - Bard Of Ely
Good writing has a transcendent quality and possesses the power to transport through time and mindset. Even if it is done purely for the sake of entertainment, good writing enables us to see and expe...