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Sharolyn

Sharolyn has written 68 posts for Addison Road
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Instrument / Economy Trivia

By Sharolyn ⋅ September 1, 2008 ⋅ 6 comments

From the newspaper’s Money Section: “Founded in 1623 by an Amernian in the Nar East, I’m the oldest continually family-owned business in America.  I moved to Massachusetts in the 1900s, and I make and market musical instruments.  My secret manufacturing process involves tin, copper and silver.  Jazz kept me going in the Depression, when I [...]

From the Top

By Sharolyn ⋅ August 30, 2008 ⋅ 4 comments

I want to give a shout out to my new favorite show, From the Top. Rather than highlighting failing youth, as the media too often does, this show introduces its audience to awesome kid musicians. Watch out for these guys; we’ll likely be paying to hear them soon.
One episode featured a teenage [...]

the wisdom of john tesh

By Sharolyn ⋅ August 26, 2008 ⋅ 18 comments

Coaches? (shrug.) Meeeh.

Exploratorium

By Sharolyn ⋅ July 31, 2008 ⋅ 4 comments

For those of you in Northern Cal, I recommend the Exploratorium in SF. It is a kid- and adult-friendly hands-on museum of science experiments. Recently I was inspired by their exhibits on SOUND, and wished I had the Addison Roadhouse there so we could ponder together. Here are the quick tempered clavier [...]

progressivism at its jazziest

By Sharolyn ⋅ July 11, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Saint John Coltrane, Saint Ella Fitzgerald, and more!

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