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Folk Music

Posted on July 7, 2016March 3, 2026

#Musings from Don Ricardo

This blog came across my inbox recently from my friend, Richard J. Dobson, aka Don Ricardo and I felt his words were worth sharing. "It’s an old habit, this saving of clippings. I cut out a page of excerpts from commencement addresses that included this from Jessye Norman, opera singer, to graduates at Oberlin College, …

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Posted on June 16, 2016

Songwriter Extraordinaire, Richard Dobson

How often does a person actually get to experience recognition for a lifetime of work while they are still here to enjoy it? I'd say the answer to that is 'not often.' My friend, Richard Dobson, has literally spent an entire lifetime writing songs, poetry, books and other ramblings. Just recently, he was honored by having …

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