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First of a three part true story of my sisters, who like so many others, were evacuated from London at the beginning of World II. Being the sole survivor of a family of seven children, I wrote this musical play as a legacy to my siblings.Text us on fanmail for more information or tell us your views.

Lucky soldiers who could sing a song, perform a skit or pass as a “lady” were taken from the line and put onstage for the benefit of their soldier-audiences. The intent was to bolster morale and thereby help soldiers survive the war. The Dumbells’ popularity was not limited to troop shows along the trenches. The group also managed a run in London’s West End and became the first ever Canadian production to score a hit on Broadway. Touring Canada for some 12 years after the war, the Dumbells became a household name and made more than 25 audio recordings.

Companion audio to the Music & Performing Arts Library exhibit on music in World War 1 at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. (Spring 2023)Contributors: Kirsten Barker, Joseph Goldstein, Kathleen McGowanExhibit companion playlist (Spotify): https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6BBQkZp60V9QH2RoxcKJdi Exhibit website: Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

At the height of the ideological antagonism of the Cold War, the US State Department unleashed an unexpected tool in its battle against Communism: jazz. From 1956 through the late 1970s, America dispatched its finest jazz musicians to the far corners of the earth, from Iraq to India, from the Congo to the Soviet Union, in order to win the hearts and minds of the Third World and to counter perceptions of American racism.

Rocking in the Free World explains how Americans came to believe they had learned the truth about rock 'n' roll, a truth shaped by the Cold War anxieties of the fifties, the countercultural revolutions (and counter-revolutions) of the sixties and seventies, and the end-of-history triumphalism of the eighties.

From renowned diplomat and musician András Simonyi -- whom Stephen Colbert calls "the only ambassador I know who can shred a mean guitar!" -- comes a timely and revealing memoir about growing up behind the Iron Curtain and longing for freedom while chasing the great power of rock and roll. In...

The Art of Word War is an in depth look into one of the world's fastest growing international art forms/sub cultures, "Battle Rap". Written, musically produced and narrated by legendary Battle Rapper and Artist Saleem "Serius Jones" Bligen, this colorful audio manuscript is an aural motion picture complete with scientific approaches to not only mastering the ability to weaponize words but also a master course on the rawest form of Hip Hop.