Yesterday I had a deep yearning to listen to Laura Nyro. One of the first popular singer-songwriters of the rock era, she began recording albums in 1966, before Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon or Carole King. Few singers touch me as deeply or remind me of that period than Nyro, and, like you, I can tell it's her within three chords. Her keyboard phrasing…
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