The winter edition of the Oxford American magazine comes with two CDs. This year's CD edition is dedicated to the music of Tennessee. The discs are packed with great music--50 songs in all--by artists both famous and not-so-famous. There is something there for every musical taste. The magazine itself has lots of biographical information on the artists. All in all a great buy for $12.95, but when I bought mine at Books A Million in Florence today, there were only two left.
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I would be interested in picking this up. Do you know if it is still available? I am also curious, did you mean this particular item was getting scarce or great music was? Just curious because there is a lot of great music still out there. Mostly it isn't played on the radio and well MTV hasn't played music in years, much less great music. I still buy a lot of music, only on vinyl unless not offered in that format, but there is a lot of good stuff still out there.
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I would be interested in picking this up. Do you know if it is still available? I am also curious, did you mean this particular item was getting scarce or great music was? Just curious because there is a lot of great music still out there. Mostly it isn't played on the radio and well MTV hasn't played music in years, much less great music. I still buy a lot of music, only on vinyl unless not offered in that format, but there is a lot of good stuff still out there.
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My intended message was that it was getting scarce locally, with only a couple of copies remaining at BOM. I can see why you asked for clarification, but yes, really great music is indeed getting scarce. The entire hip-hop and rap scene produces absolutely nothing of artistic merit. The lyrics of much of modern pop are virtually devoid of literary value. "Contemporary Christian music" is mostly tacky feel-good rubbish; where are you, Isaac Watts, now that you are so desperately needed?
We are in complete agreement on the current state of rap/hip hop. That's never been my genre of choice to begin with, but I have liked some sparsely throughout my life. There is a lot of good indie music out there, and Americana music. Of course, I am still going back and getting my 90's favorites on vinyl as well.
I'll bet Rocky Top is on there. No way in hell will I ever willingly listen to that again.
I'll bet Rocky Top is on there. No way in hell will I ever willingly listen to that again.
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