Finals week is almost over, so it is almost time to sing. Here are two songs about struggles harder than finals. The first one especially is unmissable, de ne pas manquer.
Antiviolent Hip Hop
This is the Rio de Janeiro band AfroReggae, about which we can learn even more in the film Favela Rising.
Rosemary Rainey
Ma Rainey‘s birthday was April 26, and she would have been 101. Here she is as played by her granddaughter Rosemary on “Freight Train Blues,” in an excerpt from the film Travelin’ Trains (Eric Mofford, 1988, the story of a young man who tracks down his wandering father during the Depression).
Axé.
coldhearted scientist وداد 
Oh, I am so thrilled to find out that Ma Rainey’s first name was Rosemary!
Hers was Gertrude! It’s her granddaughter (here in the video) who is Rosemary!
So much for reading comprehension. Time to take a break from grading papers.