Violeros Return to Classic Ballads in Recife Streets
Northeast Brazil singers known as violeros resume traditional village life ballads in Recife after a brief political song phase. They sing of heroic deeds and local gossip, linking distant villages to current events, abandoning the land and bread rhetoric of the past.
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Violeros
Brazil
Recife
Vidleros
Joao Goulart
Natal
Some Warm Spots of Memory
A nostalgic reminiscence of midcentury America highlighting simple comforts and social quirks. It recalls buttonhooks, bedtimes, sunrises, aging women, willies and heeby jeebies, home repairs, long phone calls, escalators, rolling pins, washing boards, basement darning, rocking chairs, and modest gifts like suspenders and a dime from John D. Rockefeller Sr. to signal approval.
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New York
San Francisco
Kimball Ladies Aid and Neosho County notes in brief
Kimball Ladies Aid met in the church basement all day Monday with a comforter project, potluck dinner, and a lesson followed by a business meeting. Local residents visited relatives in Stark and Chanute, attended meetings in Neosho County, and hosted guests from Hutchinson and Manhattan. A Brazil report contrasts local apathy with cautious business optimism as reform promises unfold under the new government.
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Kimball
Roy Daggett
Kimball Eub
Russell Page
Chanute
Neosho County
Neosho
Robert Allen
Jerry Peak
Elsmnore
Floyd Lee
Dale Lee
Elmer Owen
Stark
R. F. Johnson
Johnson Home
Dewey Ard
Steven
Elsmore
Phoenix
Ariz
Walter Crapson
Clapson
Don French
Billy
Karen
Jeannie French
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Verle Shook
Kansas City
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Germany
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Hutchinson
Milford Page
Max
Marion Page
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Juanita Allen
Sandra Hill
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Miguel Arraes
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