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A Selection Of Songs For The Extraordinary

Michael Hearst, best known as co-founder of One Ring Zero, has a new album that tells the stories of extraordinary people.
Michael Hearst's <em>Songs For Extraordinary People</em> is available now.

Michael Hearst, a founding member of the group One Ring Zero, and whose previous projects include Songs For Unusual Creatures and Songs For Ice Cream Trucks, has released another album of the same theme.

, a companion to his 2015 book , features songs for — well, extraordinary people who may not have had a song until now. Some of the subjects are well known: Harry Houdini, Billie Jean King and . Then there's a

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