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...Boston Symphony Orchestra (B.S.O.) performed one of Mahler's final (and arguably, most perfect) pieces, the vocal accompanied Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth), they achieved two feats. Not only did the BSO lead us to Mahler's own spiritual crossroad--the dark hinterland that lingers between life and death--but it managed to affirm its reputation as one of America's greatest symphonies...
...nation's opinion leaders continue to brood over the nation's reluctance to follow them. For months, politicians and commentators have doggedly tried to transmit their indignation about Bill Clinton to the hinterland. It's slow going. "There's a lot of indifference out there," lamented Bill Bennett, the dean of Washington outrage, during a recent TV appearance...
...thrive on economic reform, the urban boom has left many of them far behind. Per capita income in the countryside is only $190 a year, about 40% of the urban average. Some 65 million struggle to survive on incomes below the official poverty line of $64 a year. The hinterland clamors for a bigger share of the pie, and historically, rural poverty has been the underlying cause of political unrest. The floating population of desperate job seekers pouring into China's cities has reached 100 million. While they provide the cities with cheap labor, they have stripped the countryside...
Their fortunes changed after October 1934. Harassed by superior Nationalist forces, the Red Army of Jiangxi joined the arduous Long March, threading in roundabout ways through the hinterland until it straggled to the caves of Yan'an in northwestern Shaanxi province a year and 7,500 miles later. The retreat cost the lives of more than 90,000 troops, but sheer survival, along with the self-sacrifice the soldiers displayed toward civilians en route, made heroes of the communists. Mao's guerrilla strategy had by then made him the movement's unchallenged leader...
Your idea of the best music includes a bunch of hinterland artists with minimal, perhaps questionable, talent. I pity the poor individual who takes your word and purchases some of this audio doo-doo. Here's a partial list that your readers may embrace without worrying that you might be trying to push someone to the forefront out of some sort of pathetic attempt to exclude artists who have a gift of musicianship: Shawn Colvin, A Few Small Repairs; Sting, Mercury Falling; Keb 'Mo', Just Like You; Beatles, Anthology III; Paula Cole, This Fire; Lyle Lovett, The Road to Ensenada...