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June 2020 Issue Andrew Lycett All the Raga Indian Sun: The Life and Music of Ravi Shankar By Oliver Craske LR
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July 2017 Issue Benjamin Ivry Enlightening Conductor Toscanini: Musician of Conscience By Harvey Sachs LR
June 2015 Issue Daniel Matlin Lady Sings the Blues Billie Holiday: The Musician & the Myth By John Szwed LR
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June 2003 Issue William Palmer Music to Make You Smile Stéphane Grappelli: With and Without Django By Paul Balmer LR
April 2004 Issue Simon Heffer Music to Uncle Joe’s Ears Shostakovich and Stalin: The Extraordinary Relationship Between the Great Composer and the Brutal Dictator By Solomon Volkov LR
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