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Getting to taste and appreciate guitar music How can a modest, six stringed musical instrument originate such a fuss throughout music history? There has been a long standing love affair with the guitar, ever since its evolution from the lute of the Middle Ages. Classical guitar music from maestros, such as Andres Segovia and Julian Bream, has enthralled audiences. Jazz guitar too has many    .. more …

Corsicana – Texas music is marked by diversity, ranging from Willie Nelson’s outlaw ballads to Buddy Holly’s pulsating rock and roll to Van Cliburn’s classical piano. But among the most talented and frequently overlooked performers was Jules Bledsoe. Born in Waco in 1898. Bledsoe attended Bishop College in Marshall, and later at Virginia Union College and then enrolled at Columbia University in    .. more …