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Opera “Omar” on Slavery Wins Pulitzer Prize for Music

The Pulitzer Prize for Music was awarded earlier this week to the new opera  Omar, by Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels. The opera tells the…

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Rhiannon Giddens’s Song Offers Dialogue Between Slave Owner and Freedwoman at Moment of Emancipation

Rhiannon Giddens of the Carolina Chocolate Drops has a new solo album out called Freedom Highway. The song “Julie” presents a dialogue between a slave and…

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