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Late night music, July 6-11: Conor Oberst, Andrew Bird, Will Dailey and more

Posted by Leilani Polk on Jul. 6, 2009, at 12:00 am

A weekly bulletin on musical guests playing late night TV; set your TIVOs or DVRs if you’ve got an early bedtime.

The Late Show with David Letterman, CBS
Monday, July 6: Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band (pictured)
Tuesday, July 7: Rob Thomas
Thursday, July 9: Levon Helm
Friday, June 10: Maxwell

The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien, NBC
Monday, July 6: Death Cab for Cutie
Tuesday, July 7: Andrew Bird
Thursday, July 9: Playing For Change
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Anti-apartheid artist Miriam Makeba has died

Posted by Eric Snider on Nov. 10, 2008, at 12:45 pm

There was a time, in the mid and late ’80s, when South African apartheid was a prominent theme among more socially conscious musicians. Singer Miriam Makeba, a South African artist much at the nexus of the turmoil, has died after collapsing on stage in Italy. She was 76.

Paul Simon’s 1986 album Graceland was at that point the best fusion of African and Western music; one of the main reasons for its artistic success was his use of South African musicians. Yet Simon drew criticism for breaking a cultural boycott of South Africa, even though the artists he employed were black.

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