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The Kotoba Interactive journal.

Editorial features on the cultures, history and languages of Asia. Filter by culture, by topic, or search for what inspires you.

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3 articles
EnglishArts5 min

The blues: the song that invented American music

The story of the blues, born in the African American South: work songs, twelve bars, the blue note, Robert Johnson, and the matrix of jazz, rock and soul.

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EnglishArts5 min

Country music: the story of America's roots music

History of country music: Appalachian and blues roots, banjo and fiddle, the 1927 Bristol Sessions, Nashville, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash and Dolly Parton.

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EnglishArts6 min

Jazz: the birth and history of an American music

The history of jazz, from New Orleans to bebop: African-American roots, blues and ragtime, improvisation and swing, from Armstrong to Miles Davis.

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