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Road Music: Tim Munro

August 14, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

Summer is touring season for musicians, and Studio 360 is asking what they like to listen to on the road. Tim Munro plays flute for the classical sextet Eighth Blackbird. When the chaos of constant travel starts to take its toll, he turns to Handel to remind him why music is worth the mayhem. Produced […]

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