Mark Maynard

Bruce Conforth on the real life of Robert Johnson, the real hell of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and what it was like coming of age inside Izzy’s Young’s Folklore Center as the young Bobby Zimmerman hammered out songs on the typewriter in the back room… on episode 44 of the Saturday Six Pack

By Mark | July 6, 2016

When I first started talking with ethnomusicologist Bruce Conforth about the possibility of his being on the show, I wasn’t exactly sure what we’d be talking about. He didn’t seem terribly enthusiastic about the prospect of discussing his time at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, where he was the founding curator, […]

Posted in Art and Culture, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized | Also tagged African American Folksong and American Cultural Politics: The Lawrence Gellert Story, Alan Lomax, bare feet, biographies, Bob Dylan, Bruce Conforth, Cap'n You're So Mean, Cindy Hudson, Cleveland, Cohen brothers, corruption, curation, Dave Van Ronk, Dylan Beckwith, estival of Found Films from the Vault, Etan Patz, ethnomusicology, field recordings, folk, found film, Frank Uhle, Frank Uhler, Gaslight Cafe, Gayle Dean Wardlow, Greenwich Village, Ike Zimmerman, Indiana University, Inside Llewyn Davis, Ivan Kral, Izzy's Young, Izzy's Young's Folklore Center, Jann Wenner, Jazz, Jim Cherewick, John Lomax, kidnapping, Lawrence Gellert, Lead Belly, Mississippi John Hurt, Moody Blues, Nobody Knows My Name, Pete Larson, power trips, record industry, Robert Johnson, Rock and Roll, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Rolling Stone, Soft Milk, Son House, Steve Miller, The Mayor of MacDougal Street | 12 Comments

More on the last three $1,000 grants awarded by the Ann Arbor Awesome Foundation

By Mark | November 10, 2012

For those of you who didn’t happen to see it, Tom Perkins, the heir to the

Posted in A2Awesome, Ann Arbor, Art and Culture | Also tagged Amanda Uhle, AnnArbor.com, Bill Streety, Jazz, local music, micro-philanthropy, Perkins Pickles, photography, Tom Perkins, Trevor Stone | 2 Comments

Iggy Pop on the happiest days of his life, spent discovering music and working at Discount Records

By Mark | April 4, 2012

Iggy Pop, as some of you may know, is the honorary ambassador of Record Store Day this year. And, as such, he’s been pontificating these past few days on the importance of recorded music, visionary artists and independent retailers, in the run-up to the April 21 event. In a recent videotaped address to the nation, […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, History, Local Business | Also tagged Bentley Historical Library, consumerism, corporate co-opting, Discount Records, Elvis, Elvis impersonator, Iggy Pop, independent record stores, independent retail, Jeep Holland, music history, music industry, Record Store Day, soulless music | 27 Comments

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More on the last three $1,000 grants awarded by the Ann Arbor Awesome Foundation

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