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Songs Sweet and Simple : MAKING MUSIC WITH THE MOUNTAIN DULCIMER As a child, I took a few violin and piano lessons but never got past awkward plucking and plunking. As a teenager, I strummed my sister's guitar in the hopes of becoming another Joni Mitchell--but...(Continue Reading) 2004 Ad CHRISTOPH COX 1. Various Artists, Radio Java (Sublime Frequencies) From the teeming airwaves of Indonesia's largest island comes this frantic and mind-blowing collage of gamelan-driven pop, sacch...(Continue Reading)On with the show: true to form, the 'entertainment capital of the world' offers an eye-popping array of alluring, awe-inspiring and award-winning productions Broadway and Hollywood may think they've cornered the market on glitz and glare, but anyone who's been to Las Vegas will tell you otherwise. With more ......(Continue Reading)Pool folk: a lifetime before Don Koss was executive director of the Pool Industry Expo, he was a folk music star He has shared the stage with legendary folk artists the Kingston Trio and calls the Smothers Brothers good friends. But 46 years ago, Don Koss traded ......(Continue Reading)Baby, let me lay it on you: the mad, rambling, illustrious life of Eric von Schmidt Never underestimate the impact a harmonica in the bottom of a Christmas stocking might have on an unsuspecting youth. Or the path one's life might suddenly ......(Continue Reading)
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