This is just plain cool! Another example of how individuals can change the way we do just things. In this case, Janet Reno (the former US Attorney General) is hoping to change the way that U.S. history is taught and increase interest in learning history by young people. She's just released a three-disc album, Song of America, (that's only $20 on Amazon!) of music from America's 400+ year history.
Her hope is that young people, for whom music is extremely important, will be inspired by the songs and be able to better understand the men and women who shaped the country that we live in and the integral role that music has always played. It took nine years for her to complete the project in collaboration with her niece's husband, a tour manager for a punk band, and so far it's getting rave reviews. Let's hope others take the torch and run with it!
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That's awesome! On a not-very-related note, I was just wondering why the Schoolhouse Rock phenomenon died in the 70s. Maybe it depended too much on shared culture or monolithic television networks.
I want to see Jocelyn Elders get Wu-tang to do an album about public health. Maybe a whole series of former Clinton officials teaming up to educate the kids? Robert Reich and Billy Bragg explore the history and future of labor!
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