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The first post in One Tree Many Roots checked the black soul of Jazz and its unique place in modern music, this time we look at the beating heart of all popular modern music, the Blues. It’s a universal musical language for those who can’t read music, and has trained the ears of those who can, to enjoy its liberating …
It’s often said that history is written by the victors, and for Jazz, much like Rock ’n’ Roll, its cousin of the 1950s, it was the black soul of jazz, the work of black musicians popularised by their white counterparts that brought the thrill of this firecracker new music to the attention of the public, the radio and the newspapers …
The view at the front of the train from Mombasa to Kimbusa offers the twin tracks of life and death… Twin Tracks It is often said that the good and the bad within us fight for supremacy, but over the years I’ve found they coexist quite happily. The murderer who is kind to their family, the thief who loves his …