an hour of agony and ecstasy full of obscurities about the European Tristan myth, using a French text peppered with Quechua, an indigenous South American language. Tines’ spectacular deep dive was into the magnificent 20th century Black singer, actor and activist Paul Robeson. ...
Performer and activist Paul Robeson began adopting spirituals as early as the 1920s. On the cusp of the Civil Rights Movement, he used the straightforward lyrics of this harrowing song to take a stand against rampant racism and injustice. Bob Dylan would later employ a very similar melody on ...
Performer and activist Paul Robeson began adopting spirituals as early as the 1920s. On the cusp of the Civil Rights Movement, he used the straightforward lyrics of this harrowing song to take a stand against rampant racism and injustice. Bob Dylan would later employ a very similar melody on ...
The song is called, 'St. Paul/Minneapolis - A True Story,' and is about a random encounter with a woman in Minneapolis/St. Paul. He sings a little bit of the song and says it was one of the coolest encounters he's ever had, and that he wishes he could run into her again becaus...