The famous Italian cantautore was born in 1950, in the province of Milan. After learning to play the violin in Genoa, where ...

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Ellen Stekert, 89, is releasing her first independent album this year. Now if she could just find her treasured 1955 Martin ...

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There will be snacks.” At the turn of the century, only Spoon’s Britt Daniel could match Andrew Wegman Bird for sloganeering.

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“Orpheus is allowed to go into the Underworld to bring the love of his life back, but it’s only because he can charm the gods ...