Frank Sinatra
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The Genius and the Diva: On Carole King and Aretha Franklin
There are many archetypes for creative genius. Almost all of them involve being lonely in some way. How many creative spirits have been frustrated, trapped, or doomed? It’s part of the job to be misunderstood. Living alone with one’s genius: it’s a special kind of hell. Then there are geniuses who are out there in the Continue reading
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A Christmas Full of Longing and Ache
Friend of the blog georgetteann has a lovely post on Christmas music over at her site, A Walk on the Bright Side: As my mind drifted away from the conversation at our table and focused on the music, I began to notice I knew almost every song in his repertoire by heart. Some songs were Continue reading
Jacke Wilson 