C200 Beyond 9 to 5, Dolly Parton

Dolly Parton has a new series on Netflix called Heartstrings.  This is just another notch in her very successful acting-music career. The starter for the series is her number #1 hit, Jolene, a country ballad of  a "hussy" trying to steal Dolly's husband.  It debuted in 1973 and was a  surprise hit  as heavy metal... Continue Reading →

J905 Maestro Arturo Toscanini

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/27/books/review/toscanini-biography-harvey-sachs.html We excerpted his bio from the times book review. Click on title to read it in its entirety. It all began in Rio On the night of June 30, 1886, Arturo Toscanini — recently turned 19 — arrived, barely on time, at the imperial opera house in Rio de Janeiro, was to perform “Aida.”... Continue Reading →

Country Singer, Emmylou Harris

Emmylou Harris was born on April 2 1947 in Birmingham, Alabama to a military traveling family. She has won 14 Grammys, the Polar Music Prize, and numerous other honors, including induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame. In 2018 she received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. https://youtu.be/Klh7sAv9hu4 Ms. Harris a multi-talented singer songwriter was... Continue Reading →

#835 Cyril Meir Scott, Theosophical Composer

Cyril Meir Scott, (born Sept. 27, 1879, Oxton, Cheshire, Eng.—died Dec. 31, 1970, Eastbourne), English composer and poet known especially for his piano and orchestral music. In the early 20th century Scott established a musical reputation in continental Europe with his Piano Quartet in E Minor (1901) and Second Symphony (1903).  He music was so... Continue Reading →

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