Category Archives: Music & Meaning

Bob Dylan’s newest medal

Posted on June 2, 2012 by Richard Guzman

In May (2012) President Obama awarded The Medal of Freedom, our nation’s highest civilian honor, to Bob Dylan. It’s his third, big, White House decoration—President Clinton having named him a Kennedy Center Honoree, and, in 2010, Obama having awarded him the National Medal … Continue reading →

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A Radio Show on the Blues

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Richard Guzman

“SOMETHING OLD, NEW, BORROWED…BLUE” The blues is America’s most fundamental roots music, still not only the bedrock of most of its popular music—rock, jazz, pop, soul, and more—but continuing to exert an even more powerful influence on world music.  “Something Old, New, … Continue reading →

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Music and Meaning

Posted on June 24, 2010 by Richard Guzman

Deeper into music We all know rock and pop music is loaded with sex and drugs. Even with an innocent-sounding song like Fats Domino’s “I Want to Walk You Home” you just know what he wants to try once he gets … Continue reading →

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