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Writer after writer casts Dylan as an American minstrel who stands in the great tradition of the writers who bring

... Writer after writer casts Dylan as an American minstrel who stands in the great tradition of the writers who bring America and its realities to life through naming and describing. Daniel Karlin, in a chapter on ‘Bob Dylan’s Names’, gleefully runs through ...

Published: Sunday 01 December 2002
Newspaper: Scotland on Sunday
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 168 | Page: 69 | Tags: none

Four year old bones playing champion Jobe Fords from Abbeyleale beside the famous Fr Casey landmark in the ..

... have spread around the world and exist in some form in almost every culture. They were a featured instrument in the American Minstrel Show during the middle 1800 s, and have been played in numerous forms of traditional music in North America including ...

Published: Thursday 13 May 2004
Newspaper: Kerryman
County: Kerry, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 387 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Designs

... Grampian Headlines. Border Black Hollywood Cathy Tyson presents a new series examining the development of black American cinema from minstrel stereotypes to mainstream success. Sidney Poitier and Spike Lee are among those interviewed. Radio 2,9 pm ...

Published: Saturday 01 September 2001
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 109 | Page: 100 | Tags: none

Mills life makes for a great read

... song - later taken up by one of his admirers , Sammy Davis Jr . Robinson emerged from the great American minstrel tradition , though he was not in minstrel shows and certainly never appeared in blackface like some artists . Robinson was black and proud ...

Published: Thursday 24 January 2002
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2110 | Page: 27 | Tags: none

DUNCAN WHAIFY

... the straight man of the famous comedy team Scott and Whaley. Eddie was born in Montgomery, Alabama and the coloured American was a Minstrel show performer before coming to Europe. He came to Britain for an eight-week engagement and apparently never returned ...

Published: Thursday 10 August 2000
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: FamilyNotice | Words: 479 | Page: 26 | Tags: notices 

Mixed emotions over minstrel memories

... emotions over minstrel memories T HE LIGHT PROGRAMME Once it was commonplace but the practice of in Britain ( R 4 , Thursday , March 20 ) has long been taboo . In this , black actor and comic Felix Dexter traced the of black and white minstrel entertainment ...

Published: Thursday 27 March 2003
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 949 | Page: 22 | Tags: none

Song and dance in Hollywood over minstrel show satire

... that ht. hopes still get him fired and ruin the netnork. Nlantan: I he New Millennium Minstrel Slum is modelled on the• minstrel shims thut were a Maple of American culture tor si centior. until :Mout 511 dear. ago. %%hen I)elacroi♦ pitches the project ...

Published: Saturday 07 October 2000
Newspaper: Irish Independent
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 385 | Page: 36 | Tags: none

Wandering minstrel calls time on his touring days

... Wandering minstrel calls time on his touring days HAVING shared the stage with the likes of The Dubliners, Paddy Reilly, Christy Moore and The Fureys while touring all over Europe and the United States, it was only a matter of time until musical virtuoso ...

Published: Thursday 19 February 2004
Newspaper: Wicklow People
County: Wicklow, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 822 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

Wandering minstrel calls time on his touring days

... Wandering minstrel calls time on his touring days HAVING shared the stage with the likes of The Dubliners, Paddy Reilly, Christy Moore and The Fureys while touring all over Europe and the United States, it was only a matter of time until musical virtuoso ...

Published: Thursday 19 February 2004
Newspaper: Bray People
County: Wicklow, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 824 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

| SATURDAY 2 Beck/Beth Ortor. The winsome English minstrel supports American pop music’s most justifiably ..

... | SATURDAY 2 Beck/Beth Ortor. The winsome English minstrel supports American pop music’s most justifiably admired, award-winning artist of the momenyt, right, a man in a league of his own when it comes to converting multiple influences into innovation ...

Published: Monday 20 March 2000
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 150 | Page: 15 | Tags: none

Dai Francis Vocalist Dai Francis , a principal member of the hugely popular television programme The Black and ..

... years . In 1957 Francis performed with Minstrels in a special entitled the 1957 Television Minstrels at the Radio and TV Exhibition at Earls Court , which led to the television debut of The Black and White Minstrel Show in June 1958 . It became enormously ...

Published: Thursday 22 January 2004
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1106 | Page: 22 | Tags: none

Niall Morris tells NANCY PREVIS how he stays healthy in the touring life of a wandering minstrel as a member

... Niall Morris tells NANCY PREVIS how he stays healthy in the touring life of a wandering minstrel as a member of the Celtic Tenors Describe your typical breakfast. My mother's always saying, breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but I forget ...

Published: Tuesday 12 October 2004
Newspaper: Evening Herald (Dublin)
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 536 | Page: 29 | Tags: none