Tag: music
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The Power of Music
This morning on one of the news shows, singer Joy Oladokun whom I had never heard of before, inspired me in just a couple of minutes of listening to her. She spoke about the power of music, how it can be healing, and how it’s the last frontier where people can unite before any issues…
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Zucchero, Sweet as Sugar
Written by Brad After being high in the Rockies under the evergreens, for the last stop on our summer concert series Donna and I took a Hudson River Line (apologies to Billy Joel). We definitely had a New York state of mind as we headed to the Big Apple’s venerable Beacon Theatre. Located on the…
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Italy via NYC
I’ve not written about Italy recently. I’m practicing the language most days and reading travel guides and novels about different areas of the country. Guido updates me at times and tells me of his family and the extremely hot summer they experienced in Florence. But, alas, I do not have another trip planned there at…
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The Piano Man Never Disappoints
Written by Brad With the superb Santana concert still fresh in our minds, Donna and I headed west for the next stop on our summer concert series. On the 4-hour drive to Pittsburgh we listened to every Billy Joel CD I owned to prepare ourselves for the night ahead and refresh our memories with his…
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Santana – Mystical Medicine Music
Written by Brad This past Saturday Donna and I attended a concert in Hershey to see Santana. I was very anxious to see Carlos Santana, someone who is on the Mount Rushmore of guitar players, at least in my opinion, and someone neither of us had ever seen. The 10-time Grammy winner and member of…
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