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  • Hardboiled Blues: Rethinking the Music of Rory Gallagher

    Dr Lauren Alex O’Hagan explores the overlooked literary depth of Rory Gallagher’s lyrics, arguing for their place within a unique hardboiled blues tradition.

    September 5, 2025
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Folk Songs as Communication, Resistance, Lament, and Entertainment Among Women in Northeastern Afghanistan

By Wolayat Tabasum Niroo In the northeastern provinces of Afghanistan, talented women sing folk songs to entertain each other in female-only gatherings on happy occasions. The songs are accompanied by a diara or daff, a colorful frame drum made of…

  • Teri Williams
  • December 14, 2021

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