convention '04 | THE ART OF POLITICS

Music now finding a much louder stage in politics

By Joan Anderman

Globe Staff / July 28, 2004

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At the opening night of the convention on Monday, a pumped-up FleetCenter full of delegates was led by the country's nine female Democratic senators and a children's choir in a rousing singalong of "This Land is Your Land." It was a decidedly Democratic moment: Woody Guthrie's parody of "God Bless America" is an anthem of inclusiveness, a working man's vision ... (Full Article: 776 Words)