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Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Ben Folds Gets a Workout at ‘24 Hour Musicals’ by James McKinley Jr.

The indie songwriter Ben Folds was one of four composers given the challenge of producing mini-musicals in 24 hours, start to finish.    

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