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billy woods – GOLLIWOG

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It speaks to the plethora of racist caricatures and epithets which proliferated in the United States that the golliwog rag doll with its black skin, frizzy hair and blood-red lips has been described by the Jim Crow Museum as the 'least known' of the group. That certainly wasn't the case when I grew up in England, where the golliwog...

Tracks of the Week 22.04.23

Tracks of the Week
The visionary percussionist and veteran bandleader Kahil El'Zabar guides his Ethnic Heritage Ensemble and special guests on a rhythmic tour de force in celebration of the legendary jazz trumpeter Don Cherry, figured here as an urban shaman and spirit gatherer whose music continues to serve as a healing balm through troubled times. With El'Zabar on balafon, kalimba and cajón,...