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In Memoriam: Claire Daly, 1958–2024
Claire Daly often signed her correspondences with “Love and Low Notes.”
The baritone saxophonist, who died Oct.…
Blues guitarist Etta Baker died of a stroke in Fairfax, Va., on Saturday. She was 93.
Baker, who grew up in North Carolina, first appeared on the album Instrumental Music of the Southern Appalachians . She would go on to become a favorite among fans of acoustic rural blues and received a 1991 Folk Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Oct 23, 2024 10:10 AM
Claire Daly often signed her correspondences with “Love and Low Notes.”
The baritone saxophonist, who died Oct.…
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