The December holiday issue of Black Grooves has now been posted at www.blackgrooves.org<http://www.blackgrooves.org>. This month's focus is on box sets, books and DVDs that any Black Grooves fan would be delighted to receive. Featured artists include Fishbone, Winstrong, Jimi Hendrix, Ray Charles, Alicia Keys, Little Willie John, Chuck Berry, Slim Harpo, Etta James, Slash, Wynton Marsalis, James Brown, Phil Spector, T-Bone Walker, Aretha Franklin, and the Kashmere Stage Band. Also included is the 2012 Classic Blues Calendar, a funky Christmas CD compilation, a DVD featuring Motown artists on the Ed Sullivan Show, London-based BBE records Beat Generation 10th Anniversary Compilation, a new gospel music documentary, and two crate-digger collections-one focusing on Arkansas' True Soul label and another on raw African-American gospel from rare 45 rpm records. Brenda Nelson-Strauss Editor, Black Grooves Archives of African American Music & Culture Indiana University 2805 E. 10th Street, Suite 180 Bloomington, IN 47408 www.blackgrooves.org<http://www.blackgrooves.org> http://www.indiana.edu/~aaamc/ [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>