Category: Essay

• Music, Brazil, & Culture

  Let’s mix things up a little bit today. Here’s an excerpt from an essay I wrote about how music in Brazil has mirrored the historical and cultural changes which it has experienced in the modern era. In this excerpt, I highlight the influence of the talented vocalist and musician Milton Nascimento.  Milton Nascimento is universally…

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  October 28, 2013

  Essay, History & Culture, Writing Excerpt

  Brazil, Brazilian culture, Brazilian jazz and folk music, Carnival, Corner Club, culture, ethnomusicology, Milton Nascimento, Minas Gerais, Music, south america

• What is History: An Essay, Part I

  History is an educated guess on a wing and a prayer.  Mere shadows of the past come to life in history but can shadows be trusted?  Our views of history can be revised, mis-understood or completely wrong.  History can be pigeon-holed and molded to fit an ideology, point of view, or interpretation.  History can drive…

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  April 5, 2012

  Civil War, Essay, History & Culture, Vietnam, Writing Excerpt

  Bui Tin, Gettysburg, History, Vietcong, Vietnam War