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The St. Louis Blues Society has raised more than $90,000 to help musicians who lost their livelihoods during the coronavirus pandemic. The blues society… -
Music connects people.“It’s really hard times in St. Louis and has been,” said Jeremy Segel-Moss, a member of the Bottoms Up Blues Gang and vice chairman… -
This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Jan. 7, 2010 - The St. Louis area has a long, distinguished musical heritage. From the ragtime era in…
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