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Sunday, September 8, 2019

Book Commentary: “Dying of Whiteness” — What Rough Beast Slouches Toward Kansas to be Born? by Jeremy Ray Jewell

Class pressures are exerting themselves, class fault-lines are emerging, and ancient demons are being released as a result. The post Book Commentary: “Dying of Whiteness” — What Rough …

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:12PM

Friday, August 30, 2019

Book Review: “William Walker’s Wars” — Revisiting US Slavery’s Soldier of Fortune in Latin America by Jeremy Ray Jewell

A new biography of the oft-forgotten 'filibuster' provides ample facts and little thesis. Is that enough, or just what we need? The post Book Review: “William Walker’s Wars” — Revisi…

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:06AM

Friday, August 16, 2019

Country Music Review: Gabe Lee’s “farmland” — The Whiskey-Tango-Foxtrot Blues by Jeremy Ray Jewell

This Nashvillian has a simple message for America: "You best pull yourself together, or you might never be the same." The post Country Music Review: Gabe Lee’s “farmland” — The Whisk…

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:03AM

Friday, August 2, 2019

Folk Music Review: Dueto Dos Rosas, Five Songs by Jeremy Ray Jewell

Dueto Dos Rosas's tunes can be classified as rancheras or corridos, but their style has a very particular historical resonance. The post Folk Music Review: Dueto Dos Rosas, Five Songs appear…

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:48AM

Monday, June 24, 2019

Book Review: “El Norte” — Recovering a Greater America at the Southern Border by Jeremy Ray Jewell

Rather than focusing on Mexicans in the United States, historian Carrie Gibson posits an expansive transnational history. The post Book Review: “El Norte” — Recovering a Greater Americ…

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:48PM

Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Book Review: “Accounting for Slavery” — Plantation Roots of Scientific Management by Jeremy Ray Jewell

In this valuable study, Caitlin Rosenthal isolates an assortment of business practices and technologies that reflect the sophistication of New World plantation economies -- dispelling myths …

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:36PM

Tuesday, March 5, 2019

Book Review: “Where the Crawdads Sing” — Are the Rural Poor Noble Savages? by Jeremy Ray Jewell

Delia Owens suggests that the only forward movement for her outsider-protagonist and “swamp trash” in general is to become curators of ecological/cultural museums in the very places wher…

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:01AM

Saturday, February 2, 2019

Book Review: “The Burning House” — Diversity in Segregation by Jeremy Ray Jewell

Anders Walker’s The Burning House sheds fascinating light on a forgotten piece of intellectual history in the Jim Crow South. The post Book Review: “The Burning House” — …

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:32PM

Thursday, January 3, 2019

Country CD Review: Charley Crockett’s “Lil G.L.’s Blue Bonanza” — How Did We Get Here, Charley? by Jeremy Ray Jewell

The unmistakable flavor of R&B can be found throughout Charley Crockett’s work

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:12AM

Monday, December 24, 2018

Book Review: “Revive Us Again” — Rev. Dr. William Barber II’s Quest to Revive Compassion by Jeremy Ray Jewell

Rev William Barber II has effectively demonstrated again and again what he often calls "fusion politics" across lines of race, age, and religion.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:36AM

Sunday, December 9, 2018

CD Review: Mountain Man’s “Magic Ship” — There’s Magic in Them Thar Hills! by Jeremy Ray Jewell

When Vermont's Mountain Man brings us its Appalachian vocal stylings the trio is venturing into the hollers of both the Green and the Blue Ridge Mountains.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:24PM

Saturday, December 1, 2018

CD Review: “Boosie Blues Cafe” — Rap Reaches Back to the Past by Jeremy Ray Jewell

How will others in the Southern hip-hop scene react to this embrace of tradition by a Southern rapper with his feet firmly in the Gangsta Rap arena?

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:04PM

Tuesday, November 13, 2018

Folk CD Review: Lonnie Holley’s “MITH” — An Act of Restoration by Jeremy Ray Jewell

Lonnie Holley's music on MITH is the sound of a choir of better angels whose multi-layered voice is hard on the outside and soft on the inside, like so much Alabama clay.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:04PM

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