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This American soprano, who found international prominence in the first Glyndebourne Festival production of Porgy and Bess, was ready for stardom, having been thoroughly schooled at among America’s leading universities. An apprenticeship at Santa Fe as well as the name role within an essential globe premiere preceded her triumph in …

Neal McCoy’s make of neo-traditionalist honky tonk brought him a string of strikes in the middle-’90s. McCoy was created Hubert Neal McGaughey, Jr. in Jacksonville, Tx, to a dad of Irish descent along with a Filipino mom. He was raised listening to all sorts of music — nation, swing, rock …