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Laura Nyro (born Laura Nigro) (October 18, 1947 – April 8, 1997) was an American composer, lyricist, singer and pianist. Her style was a distinctive hybrid of Brill Building-style New York pop, mixed with elements of jazz, gospel, rhythm and blues, show tunes and rock. She was best known, and had t... Read More...
David Gahr: Folk, jazz and rock photographer - The Independent When Bob Dylan shocked the audience at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival by going on stage with members of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band to play electric for the first time, only one person outside Dylan's inner conclave knew what he was planning ...
Tom Morello, Mos Def Narrowly Avoid a Riot at Minnesota’s Take Back ... - Rolling Stone As the Take Back Labor Day concert opened on Harriett Island in St. Paul, Minnesota, Billy Bragg’s cover of Laura Nyro’s “Save the Country” drifted over a hot, sluggish Mississippi River and mixed with the lingering traces of tear gas from ...