by Dawn Carroll | Mar 19, 2023 | Songs For Mary
By Larry Katz A rap song pleading for the preservation of the home of an opera company? Unexpected. But no more unexpected than the collaboration between a 29-year-old Houston rapper, Michael Berry, and a 60-year-old Boston songwriter, Dawn Carroll. The two partnered...
by Dawn Carroll | Mar 12, 2023 | Songs For Mary
By Larry Katz JON BUTCHER has covered a lot of ground in his long career. A guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer best known as the leader of the hard-rocking Jon Butcher Axis, he’s spent much of the past 30 years creating music for television, movies and...
by Dawn Carroll | Mar 5, 2023 | Songs For Mary
By Larry Katz Music can surprise you. It can sneak into your head, penetrate your soul and become a part of you, sometimes against all expectations. More than 30 years ago, Dawn Carroll was a hard rock singer when she heard a piece by Tchaikovsky that has stuck with...
by Dawn Carroll | Mar 2, 2023 | Songs For Mary
By Larry Katz On New Year’s Eve, 1972, a plane carrying baseball legend Roberto Clemente crashed off the coast of Puerto Rico. When his Pittsburgh Pirates teammate Manny Sanguillen heard the news, he sprang into action. Sanguillen spent days diving into churning,...
