HIE THEE TO A NEWSTAND Or an independent bookseller with a magazine rack, or to whatever terminal you most often use to peruse the series of tubes that comprises the internet. It doesn’t matter what manner of merchant you deal with, just buy yourself a copy of the latest Oxford American. The 2007 Music Issue includes stories about Thelonious Monk’s only North Carolina homecoming, about Frederick Barthelme’s exquisite stint as a member of Red Crayola, about how Blonde on Blonde was made in Nashville and about the short careers and long lives and surpassing music of two Bettys you’ve probably never heard of (hot jazz firecracker Betty Davis and soul doyen Betty Harris). The magazine has a short story by University of Alabama professor Kevin Brown titled “I Don’t Think Nanci Griffith is a Bitch Anymore” and a heartbreaking history of the fierce folkie Lee Hays. If the promise of 170 pages of musical prose doesn’t do anything for you, consider this: The magazine comes with a free 26-track CD. To learn more about the 2007 music issue, the magazine or its mission, go to www.oxfordamericanmag.com.
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