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Nettai Tropical Jazz Big Band: Live in Yokahoma Japan
by Ed Kopp
There's been a lot of debate recently about authenticity in music, sparked in part by an interesting article in The New York Times about alternative country artist Gillian Welch. An LA native, Welch sings authentic-sounding Appalachian folk tunes in the first person. Some critics are upset that this former Valley Girl has the gall to assume the persona of a poor mountain girl in her music. For what it's worth, I think a singer has just as much right to ...
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