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Uke can do it too – Wexford festival sees performers follow in footsteps of McCartney, Formby, and Eilish
Once the butt of music-hall jokes thanks to George Formby, the ukulele is now treated as a fully grown-up musical instrument in its own right, not least because the list of modern-day ukers ranges ...
A Soundtrack to a Fabulous Memoir Crackling With Music
The book that inspired today’s playlist, the cultural critic Lucy Sante’s “I Heard Her Call My Name,” isn’t about music per se. As its subtitle attests, it is mostly “a memoir of transition,” centered ...