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Jingle Bells Was Originally Intended For A Different Holiday And I Am In Shock

Huffington Post 15 Dec 2024
“He joined the Confederacy in the Civil War, serving as a company clerk and penning fight songs to rouse the men in grey as they defended slavery on the battlefield ... It was an overrated song anyway.
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Broadway singer tunes up for Venice Symphony holiday concert

Herald-Tribune Sarasota 15 Dec 2024
She was stunned doing a concert in South Dakota that her audience wanted her to sing “The Story Goes On,” a song she introduced in her Tony-nominated performance in “Baby.” ... and that song,” she said.
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Slade’s Noddy Holder was among the first patients to receive “a new regime of chemotherapy”

NME 15 Dec 2024
Last year, Holder revealed the real inspiration behind the track, which was partly inspired by the success of John Lennon and Yoko Ono‘s ‘Merry Christmas (War Is Over)’.
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THE THROWBACK MACHINE: Christmas songs you're not sick of!

Journal Gazette 14 Dec 2024
... attention to me” slot that that I reserve for “time to roll the end credits” songs like “Judas Kiss” by the Del Lords or “Rene and Georgette Magritte with Their Dog after the War” by Paul Simon.
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9 songs Taylor Swift wrote for other artists that you probably didn't know about

Business Insider 13 Dec 2024
Swift cowrote "Safe and Sound" with The Civil Wars for "The Hunger Games" soundtrack.The song won a Grammy Award in 2013 ... Swift cowrote "Safe and Sound" with The Civil Wars, and she told MTV in 2012 ...
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Russian punk rock rebels defy Putin from exile

The Times/The Sunday Times 13 Dec 2024
Before the start of Russia’s all-out war in Ukraine, and the Kremlin’s ruthless purging of dissent, Pornofilmy’s uncompromising song, Eto Proidyot (This Will Pass), was chanted at anti-Putin protests ...
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A Musical to Enjoy and Remember: All is Calm

The Tribune Papers 13 Dec 2024
This is a true story, depicting a spontaneous night of camaraderie, music, and peace during World War I ... The Christmas Truce of 1914” is a remarkable narrative told through the words and songs of the men who lived it ... Suddenly, a song rang out.
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Opinion: Peace on Earth

Amarillo Globe-News 13 Dec 2024
We can better understand war, because we have known for centuries what a world at war looks like ... During times of upheaval or crisis, musicians have faced the issue of war and peace head-on with powerful symphonies or simple folk songs.
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‘All is Calm’ Opens Tonight, Dec. 13 at PSCA… Runs Through Dec. 28

Pagosa Daily Post 13 Dec 2024
‘All is Calm’ tells the true story of the Christmas truce of 1914, when soldiers on both sides of the First World War laid down their arms, shared songs, exchanged gifts, and celebrated a moment of peace amidst the devastation of war.
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Love Me Tender facts: The Elvis detail you didn’t catch

Newsner 13 Dec 2024
The truth behind the Love Me Tender song. The iconic title song Love Me Tender wasn’t originally an Elvis original! The melody is based on the Civil War-era ballad “Aura Lee,” a romantic tune popular in the 1860s.
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It's all about wellness, exploration in Vietnam

Canoe 13 Dec 2024
Those lyrics from Joan Baez’s song “Where Are You My Son?” perfectly encapsulate the emotions felt while hiding out in a bunker during the Vietnam War ... Han said Baez wrote the song “Where Are You Now, ...
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The Christmas Truce of 1914 inspires hope in South Bend Civic Theatre's holiday production

South Bend Tribune 12 Dec 2024
Almost the entire script is taken from these writings, Dawn Hagerty, the play’s director, said, showing how soldiers on opposite sides of the war united by singing songs, exchanging gifts, taking ...
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The Centuries of History Behind Political Appeals to White Grievance

Time Magazine 12 Dec 2024
... to stifle him only prompted Williamson to pioneer new ways of marketing white suffering, including dressing as a Delaware Indian and singing war songs that threatened Scottish shipping merchants.
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SistaStrings and Fisk Jubilee Singers highlight upcoming ECHO Series

The Tennessee Tribune 12 Dec 2024
taking place at the Parthenon ... slaves prior to the Civil War. The original Fisk Jubilee Singers introduced ‘slave songs’ to the world in 1871 and were instrumental in preserving this unique American musical tradition known today as Negro spirituals.
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Soviet ‘Severe Style’: 10 main paintings by Viktor Popkov (PICS)

Russia Beyond 12 Dec 2024
1. Builders of Bratsk Hydroelectric Station (1960—1961). Viktor Popkov/Tretyakov Gallery ... Northern Song. ‘Oh, All the Men Were Taken to the War’ (1966-1968) ... A very important theme of Popkov's gloomy paintings is war experiences ... My Day ... .

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