Crisis of Confidence

Laurel Canyon

New York in the 1970s

Bob Dylan

Women of Jazz

Duke Ellington

Louis Armstrong

Jelly Roll Morton

Blues Music

Wendy Brenner, About a Girl

Jimmie Rodgers

Amede Ardoin

Searching for La Perdida

Eternal Ballads

Post a comment on your chosen "enduring" ballad. What theme or themes does the ballad address? What makes it American? Why does it endure?

Rumble III

Rumble response II

Please choose a song from an artist named in either article and comment. Don’t forget to read the articles!

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/the-pop-charts-native-roots-60222419/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/rumble-aims-upset-rock-and-roll-canon-180964681/

Song Commentary

Songs of My Parents

Please post a song that your parents love. Talk to them and find out why that's their song. Post a link, listen to it three times and comment.

My Top Song

Post a YouTube video of a song from one of the lists and tell us what makes it a good song.