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American Crisis Playlist: From Political Pestilence to Pandemic

American Crisis Playlist: From Political Pestilence to Pandemic

How music helped me cope with the pandemic and the 2020 nightmare presidential election.

2022

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The Riff

First Aid Kit Gets It

Playing Americana and beyond

May 16

First Aid Kit Gets It

May 16

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Counter Arts

Mortal Lenses

Music and morality

May 9

Mortal Lenses

May 9

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When Hospice Failed My Family

Ten minutes that felt like hell

Aug 26, 2023

When Hospice Failed My Family

Aug 26, 2023

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Age of Empathy

Grief Changes Everything

But therapeutic memories soothe the tears

Apr 24

dirt path through forest

Apr 24

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The Riff

My Grandmother: Hit Songwriter

A forgotten “rockabilly classic”

Feb 20, 2024

My Grandmother: Hit Songwriter

Feb 20, 2024

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The Riff

Johnny Cash On Network TV

In prime time on ABC 1969–71

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Louis Armstrong’s album ‘Country & Western’

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Age of Empathy

When I Thought as a Child

Some childish things should never get put away

6d ago

photo of childhood against what used to be

6d ago

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Counter Arts

Vineyards and Lavender Country

Finding what you aren’t looking for

Jun 4

field of lavender

Jun 4

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Counter Arts

Simple Times for Boys in Makeup

When Alice Cooper drove mainstream society crazy

May 28

Simple Times for Boys in Makeup

May 28

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The Wind Phone

She Died Without a Sound

And likely all alone

May 24

Beautiful woman standing in a field

May 24

Terry Barr

Terry Barr

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I write about music, culture, and equality in The Riff, The Memoirist, Prism and Pen, Counter Arts, and The Narrative Arc. I am anti-Racist and anti-fascist

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