More from Friday at Jazz Fest
 

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Across the Fair Grounds on Friday, soul singers ? in a variety of forms and styles ? wailed, growled and warbled their way through music that came from the heart.

In the Blues Tent, indigenous Australian guitarist and singer Gurrumul performed a mix of familiar and new songs in the Yolngu language. Gurrumul?s bassist Michael Hohnen spoke to the crowd throughout the set, but the heartache in the blind singer?s performance needed no translation.? [ Read more ]

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