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LET THE MUSIC PLAY TRACY CHAPMAN, SHAWN COLVIN, JOAN BAEZ. THEY ALL PERFORMED HERE. STREET MUSICIANS CAN TURN A DRAB CITY BLOCK INTO AN IMPROMPTU CONCERT. AFTER 100 YEARS OF BEING BADGERED OR SILENCED BY AN UPTIGHT CITY, THEY ARE FINALLY FREE TO PLAY. SO WHY AREN'T THEY CELEBRATING?
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For songwriter Rosanna Lee, the random acts of kindness were the
rewards. Trying out her gentle folk-pop tunes on the sidewalks of
Newbury Street, in front of the old Mystery Train record shop or the
CVS near Fairfield Street, she was moved by the thoughtfulness of
strangers. "Somebody leaves flowers or brings you a water bottle,"
she says. "So many nice things happened when I was learning to tie
my shoelaces."
A former school tutor who started in music by founding a small
record label - she put together an award-winning compilation of local
artists - Lee lucked into her own recording ...
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Anniversaries
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...1832; Friedrich Gernsheim, pianist and composer, 1839; Sir Donald Francis Tovey, musicologist, 1875; Maxim Maximovich Litvinov (Wallach), Soviet leader, 1876; Erle Stanley Gardner, novelist and creator of "Perry Mason", 1889...
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This week in Jewish history
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post
; ...Jacob's eighth son through Leah's handmaid Zilpa Yahrzeit of Yehuda Karni, Hebrew poet, 1949 Yahrzeit of Maxim Maximovich Litvinov (Meir Moiseevitch Wallach), Russian revolutionary, diplomat, ambassador (1941-1943) to US, Soviet...
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PEOPLE BORN ON NEW YEARS EVE AND DAY
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...1826; Gustave Courbet, painter, 1877; Sir Malcolm Campbell, land and water speed record breaker, 1948; Maxim Maximovich Litvinov (Wallach), Soviet statesman, 1951; Canon Lewis John Collins, peace campaigner, 1982; Rick Nelson, pop...
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