Local Blues Festival Being Revived With Addition of Jazz
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Peter Andrews, Organizer of the John Sinclair Freedom Rally Photographer: Leni Sinclair
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AADL Talks To: John Sinclair (March 22, 2010)
In this interview from March 22, 2010, poet, author, and activist John Sinclair reflects on music in Ann Arbor - from the MC5, the free concerts in the parks and the Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz festival, to his specific memories of local clubs and musicians. He also talks about the influence of both the Beat generation and black music on his cultural and political awakening, the origins of the White Panther Party, and the importance of newspapers.
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AADL Talks To: Gary Grimshaw
Gary Grimshaw is one of the most renowned and recognizable poster artists to come out of the 1960s. His most prolific period as a graphic artist was his time spent with John and Leni Sinclair in the mid-1960s and early 1970s, first in the Detroit-based Trans-Love Energies commune and then in Ann Arbor with the White Panther Party/Rainbow People's Party. In this interview we talk with the former White Panther Party Minister of Art about creating art for the Grande Ballroom and the White Panther Party, the night John Sinclair met both him and the MC5, and how he made his art then and now.
Blues and Jazz Festival Goes Back to Its Roots For This Year's Poster
Sinclair rally drew Lennon here
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Rock Series Ends On Wet, Successful Notes
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Syncopated Blares, Thumps - It's, Fiesta Ann Arbor Style!
Organization, Man
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