{"id":1140,"date":"2017-07-14T15:49:46","date_gmt":"2017-07-14T15:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/?p=1140"},"modified":"2017-07-14T15:51:21","modified_gmt":"2017-07-14T15:51:21","slug":"americana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/14\/americana\/","title":{"rendered":"America, Americana, and the price we pay to be free"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Chicago\u2019s Rogers Park neighborhood, we\u2019ve got cool summer weather perfect for enjoying the outdoors and some great grilling. The 4th of July was a time to celebrate our victories as a nation, to celebrate our freedom, and to express our patriotism. But what does this all mean? What is freedom in today\u2019s context?<\/p>\n<p>What does it mean to be an American, to value our liberties and recognize that others share that same freedom with us? I invite you to listen to stories that reveal the truth about the men and women who fight for our country\u2019s freedom \u2013 not romanticized, not idealized. It\u2019s what most of us don\u2019t see, don\u2019t know about, or sometimes, even choose to ignore.<\/p>\n<p>I would also like to introduce you to Rolfe Neigenfind who describes his music as embodying the spirit of Americana with roots in the Blues. A native of North Carolina, Rolfe made his home in Rogers Park once. He now lives in Nashville. I\u2019ll be playing songs from his latest album <em>Chicago<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/chicago-ep\/id1046580744\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">available on iTunes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Listen. Reflect. Celebrate<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1142\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1142\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1142 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/ted_freedom2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/ted_freedom2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/ted_freedom2-300x90.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1142\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wes Moore, Rolfe Neigenfind, Sebastian Junger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1140-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Nicecast-Archived-Audio-20160704-1005-copy.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Nicecast-Archived-Audio-20160704-1005-copy.mp3\">http:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Nicecast-Archived-Audio-20160704-1005-copy.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Chicago\u2019s Rogers Park neighborhood, we\u2019ve got cool summer weather perfect for enjoying the outdoors and some great grilling. The 4th of July was a time to celebrate our victories as a nation, to celebrate our freedom, and to express our patriotism. But what does this all mean? What is freedom in today\u2019s context? What &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/14\/americana\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">America, Americana, and the price we pay to be free<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[132],"tags":[47,133,86],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1140"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1140"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1145,"href":"https:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1140\/revisions\/1145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}