Cool Heat: Anita O'Day and Her Dangerous Jazz Life with James Gavin (Equinox, 2026)

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Our Common Life: Folksong from the Front Porch to the Concert Hall with Stephen Wade

Our Common Life: Folk Song from the Front Porch to the Concert Hall (U Illinois Press, 2026) by Stephen Wade is part memoir, part meditation on American culture, and part historical narrative of folk music. Wade centers this book around individual musicians and songs that provide ...  Show more

 . 1h 9min
Joe Jackson, "Kahlil Joseph and the Audiovisual Atlantic: Music, Modernity, Transmedia Art" (Bloomsbury, 2024)

Kahlil Joseph has collaborated with musicians FKA twigs, Flying Lotus, Sampha and Shabazz Palaces among many others. He has directed numerous films, music videos and advertisements across Africa, America and Europe. The award-winning filmmaker's disruptive style – which frequentl ...  Show more

 . 1h 11min

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