For a few strange years in the late 1990s and early 2000s, a novel phenomenon hung around the Billboard charts. It was called ...

The Australian primary school bubbler is a rite of passage. I met one of my first best friends there. We share a birthday.

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Prop the phone, tablet, or computer atop the piano and the child can follow along with his guidance. He talks about patterns and groupings of keys, and then goes through reading basic sheet music ...

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How Sad, How Lovely,” the name of the album containing 60-year-old recordings by Connie Converse, aptly describes the life of the New England singer-songwriter who never quite hit it big. “In December ...

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A Manchester woman celebrated her 102nd birthday Wednesday with a special musical performance. Grace, a talented pianist, played for guests at her birthday party. Manchester Mayor Jay Ruais stopped by ...