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Well known hobo Travelin Jack Steinway died last night in Arizona. He was 76.

Although not traditionally the glitziest profession, Jack was truly one of the leading lights of vagrancy throughout his long career. Perhaps he is best known for his unusual choice of instrument. Whilst many favour the harmonica or occasionally the guitar, Jack was known to travel most of his life with an elegant Grand Piano on his back, which at times led to much playful ribbing on the part of his contemporaries.

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How many times have you turned to music to uplift you even further in happy times, or sought the comfort of music when melancholy strikes?

Music affects us all. But only in recent times have scientists sought to explain and quantify the way music impacts us at an emotional level. Researching the links between melody and the mind indicates that listening to and playing music actually can alter how our brains, and therefore our bodies, function.

It seems that the healing power of music, over body and spirit, is only just starting to be understood, even though music therapy is not new. For many years therapists have been advocating the use of music - both listening and study - for the

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Not every guitarist records. In fact, most guitarists will never make a recording of themselves. However, many of the burdens associated with the task of recording have been, in recent years, pushed aside. In the past, it was necessary to assemble an entire team of people to make recordings. You had to have one or two engineers, usually a producer, several band members and generally a few hangers-on who just wanted to get in on the action. As technology has increased, the amount of labor associated with recording has decreased, along with the number of people needed to produce recordings.

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Nelson Rangell, the richly talented Smooth Jazz artist has released his latest CD titled Soul To Souls and Wow! It’s good.

Unfortunately, it s not everyday that I get a CD from an artist that I can just pop in and comfortably listen to from beginning to end. There is usually a song or two that I just can t force myself to get through. Not at all the case with Soul To Souls. Every track is enjoyable and was pretty easy for me to listen to from start to finish.

Soul To Souls has a pleasantly varied, mix of 10 tracks that are very well written songs by this clearly outstanding artist.

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Mac Dre was born on the fifth of July 1970 in Oakland, he grew up in Vallejo, California and lived there most of his life.

In 1989 Mac Dre released his first album, an EP titled ‘Young Black Brotha’ it had 4 tracks on it and one track ironicly titled ‘Too Hard for the F*ckin Radio’ started getting air play in North Californian radio stations. In 1991 Mac Dre returned with ‘California Livin'’ and by the time he released his third album ‘Whats really goin on’(1992) his music was being played all over Vallejo and North California for that matter. In clubs and peoples cars, it looked like Mac Dre was going to reach the big time. But his hopes and

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