New album in tow, Ray Flanagan headlines Roots of American Music event at Visible Voice | ORB Entertainment News
Cleveland troubadour-musicologist Ray Flanagan has a new album and a tribute to Mississippi John Hurt in the offing. We sat down with him to talk songwriting, tradition and more.
LAKEWOOD, Ohio — Sitting with Ray Flanagan, you get the sense that if he hadn’t become one of Cleveland’s most beloved singer-songwriters, he might have ended up a university musicologist instead.
He talks about Brahms and Bartók with relaxed enthusi... [7338 chars]
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