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Spring/Summer 2023 — Konch Magazine

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By Al Young, Monique LeNoir, Ron Scott, A.B. Spellman
| tinyurl.com
Editorial Al Young, the Poet of Love by Publisher Blog Staying Healthy by Monique LeNoir Essays Jazz Speaks on Grammy Awards by Ron Scott Skunder by A.B. Spellman Haiti Snapshots by Boadiba Al Young and the Universe of Berkeley by Judy Juanita Fiction Anonymity is Life Part I by Sola Saar Behind the Grey Rhino Part IV by Vitin A. Cruz Interviews Medicine for the Eyes: An Interview with Danny Simmons by Molly Guillermo Was 1960s Beat Buddhism Phony?
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John O’Neal and Junebug Jabbo Jones: Theater from the Rural South

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By A.B. Spellman
| The Daily Yonder Verified
EDITOR’S NOTE: This essay is taken from “Art in a Democracy: Selected Plays of Roadside Theater.” The two-volume collection of plays celebrates the work of Roadside Theater, an Appalachian community-based theater company formed in 1975 as part of Appalshop. Roadside’s work has focused on telling the stories of the Central Appalachian coalfields and of collaborating with other culturally specific theater companies.
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477: Groovin' Low

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By A.B. Spellman
| The Slowdown: Poetry & Reflection Daily Verified
This week, we're featuring poems related to music. Songs that move and change us. Songs that heal us. What can we discover about ourselves, when we listen to music? A lot, it seems. Groovin' Low by A.B. Spellman my swing is more mellow these days: not the hardbop drive i used to roll but more of a cool foxtrot. my eyes still close when the rhythm locks; i’ve learned to boogie with my feet on the floor i’m still movin’, still groovin’ still fallin’ in love i bop to the bass line now.
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Jeff Jackson presents … Free Jazz Day *

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By Phil Freeman, Amiri Baraka, Valerie Wilmer, A.B. Spellman
| denniscooperblog.com
* (restored) FREE JAZZ – A BRIEF INVOCATION “Is jazz dead? Well, I guess that all depends on what you know.” -Lester Bowie “Free jazz reaches back to what jazz was originally, rebelling against the ultra-sophisticated art form it has become.” -Archie Shepp “I go out onstage, and my intention is to make the first four rows bleed from their ears.” -Sonny Sharrock Free jazz—a place of outsize personalities, outrageous stories, and uncompromising music.
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