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Source: NPR "News & Notes with Ed Gordon"

Roundup

8-19-05

Old rockers still borrow from black music

The remaining members of the Rolling Stones, together for 43 years, begin yet another tour. Commentator Clarence Page contemplates the state of rock music and how it continuously borrows from black music. Page is a Washington DC-based syndicated columnist for The Chicago Tribune.

Read entire article at NPR "News & Notes with Ed Gordon"