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July 4, 2009
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Peter Rowan,Nashville Bluegrass Band: Trail of Tears (New Moon Rising)


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Karan Casey: When Will We All Be Free (Chasing The Sun)


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Rosanne Cash,Teddy Thompson: Three Steps Down (Rules of Travel)


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Ryan Shupe & the Rubber Band: If I Were a Bird (If I Were A Bird)


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Brian Hebert & Friends: The Night Before (polka) (Any Time At All (a session picker's tribute to The Beatles)


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Popcorn Behavior: March of the Ants Medley (Journeywork)


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Beacon Journal tracks the shrinking middle class

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The University of Akron's Buckeye Poll shows three in every four Ohioans think the state's economy is on the wrong track. Two reporters at the Beacon Journal have documented that they have every reason to think that way...

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David Giffles, David Knox, and ML Schultze should be commended for their excellent reporting and collaboration on the local economy through stories like this one. This was an excellent segment about an issue so critical to our community. Thank you.


Posted by: Kyle Kutuchief (Akron, OH) on March 21, 2008 2:34PM
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