“One by one the idols of other nations visited us, but those without a Yankee sponsor barely registered as blips on the scale of mass appeal.”
Originally published January 2, 1990
“Here was a messenger whose lyrics call attention to our condition, to the reasons for suffering: The music brings lightness to the feet and makes them dance, but the beat is a marching drum, a call to struggle”
Originally published May 18, 1982