Obama Music
Peter Rosser
Obama and the music of Chicago become the vehicle for a writer’s guilt
Obama Music – some notes from a south sider abroad
Bonnie Greer
(Legend Press)
It’s difficult to warm to a book that at its heart is possessed by the queasiest of syllogisms. It goes like this: the blues is cool, Obama is cool, therefore Obama is the blues. But this is just the start: is gospel, is soul, is jazz soon follow in this meandering journey through the musical heritage of Chicago’s South Side, where the author grew up and where the Obamas still maintain their family home. On the face of it, Bonnie Greer’s Obama...Subscribers enjoy six issues a year plus full online access.
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