A Va. teen’s love of music inspired him to repair over 100 instruments
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In final season as Boston Baroque's conductor, Martin Pearlman still finds awe in Handel
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A Brilliant Folk Musician Turned the Natural Sounds of the Blue Ridge Mountains Into Powerful Songs
Daniel Bachman is on a mission to evoke Virginia’s past through strange medleys of sounds Brendan Fitzgerald Daniel Bachman ...
Perlman Music Program displays future of classical music in Sarasota
Two alumni of the Perlman Music Program/Suncoast share thoughts about the impact of audiences on their training during the ...
"You can learn hundreds of songs with a few easy chords and some basic rhythm playing chops"
There are loads of great songs out there from across the decades that are often a lot simpler to play than you might think.