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The People Be Dancingnew

The Dirty Dozen Brass Band marks 30-plus years of reinvention and innovation.

Tucson Weekly | Gene Armstrong | 05-20-2011 | Profiles & Interviews

Drone Zone: High-Tech War Games in Oregon?new

If senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley have their way, and the FAA reauthorization bill is signed into law with an increase in drone-testing areas inserted, then a swath of high desert, currently home to sage grouse and antelope, could become prime real estate for drones or more accurately, unmanned aerial systems. As war becomes more and more like a high tech video game, the question becomes: Does Oregon want to be in the business of testing killing machines?

Eugene Weekly | Camilla Mortensen | 05-20-2011 | War

Tags: Drones, Environment, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

France's Bloody 16th Century Comes to Lifenew

The Princess of Montpensier tells the story of a 16th-century noblewoman whose body is not her own, and who lives in a world in which marriages are political alliances and prudent women suppress their romantic feelings.

INDY Week | David Fellerath | 05-19-2011 | Reviews

Ambrose Akinmusirenew

When the Heart Emerges Glistening.

East Bay Express | Rachel Swan | 05-19-2011 | Reviews

Tags: Jason Moran, Blue Note, Ambrose Akinmusire

The Swigs: Johnson Family Valuesnew

The Swigs' impressive 2010 debut, Let It Come Down, boasted virtuoso playing, well-crafted tunes and a driving energy. But the Tucson rock trio has topped that record by going epic with this audacious sophomore release.

Tucson Weekly | Gene Armstrong | 05-19-2011 | Reviews

James Justin Burke May Have Created a New Genrenew

Musically, James Justin & Co.'s new album Dark Country pays homage to the same classic rock, Americana, and soul styles featured on last year's Southern Son, So Far. A similar sense of backwoods nostalgia comes through as well.

Charleston City Paper | T. Ballard Lesemann | 05-19-2011 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: James Justin & Co.

Freedom Rides Againnew

Hank Thomas walked up the steps of the Greyhound bus on a sunny day May 4, 1961. As he calmly surveyed its drab, blue-gray interior, the lanky 19-year-old black student from Howard University had no idea that in about two weeks he would come dangerously close to meeting his maker on its floor.

Jackson Free Press | Dylan Watson | 05-19-2011 | Civil Liberties