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UPTOWN Brown – the singing gentleman-adventurer performed his program of primitive 1920s and 1930s jazz and blues in Sackville Street. Photos: LARA FITZPATRICK.
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MANY a music lover resumed living the dream at Port Fairy last weekend.
The annual Folk Festival weather was prime autumn and worries of catching Covid were a dim memory.

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