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Queensryche Deploys a New Concept Album for the Troopsnew
 
    
    Geoff Tate interviewed soldiers who served in most every military conflict since World War II. Their stories became fodder for American Soldier, a CD that explores what it means to be in combat from the perspectives of the fighters themselves.
  
    Colorado Springs Independent  |  
    Alan Sculley  |  
    04-28-2009  | 
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  Jazz Violinist Billy Bang Revisits Vietnam in Music for Veterans Daynew
"When I was writing that music, I remember actually crying again and seeing the nightmares I'd been trying to get away from."
  
    Pittsburgh City Paper  |  
    Mike Shanley  |  
    11-11-2008  | 
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  Jazz Trumpeter Amir ElSaffar Builds a Bridge to Iraqnew
 
    
    ElSaffar's suite Two Rivers forges a singular fusion of jazz and Iraqi classical music -- and reconciles his roots in the process.
  
    Chicago Reader  |  
    Peter Margasak  |  
    08-11-2008  | 
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