By The Beachwood Rock Local Affairs Desk
Catching up with highlights.
1. Yours Truly.
Posted on September 23, 2019
How An American Country Music Pioneer Entered African Mythology
By Aeon
In 1933, country music pioneer Jimmie Rodgers died of tuberculosis. Just 35 years old and at the peak of his career, his demise left a legacy of a life and career unfinished.
This installment from the animator Drew Christie’s Drawn & Recorded series, which tells little-known stories from the annals of modern music history, recounts the improbable story of how, in death, Rodgers would go on to inspire not just luminaries of American music, but also the Kipsigis peoples of the Rift Valley in Kenya – whose folk music found its way back to America decades later.
Posted on September 13, 2019