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Meet Ruth Rappaport! She's a musician living here in Watertown. Listen to hear about:

• Being a self-taught guitarist and growing up surrounded by the folk revival and cowboy music
• How running a coffeehouse and working at record labels helped propel her into the string band music scene
• Playing in a well-known band in her genre, The Poodles, and how they once had Julia Child kicking up her heels 
• Her personal greatest contribution to Watertown as the driving force behind the reconstruction of Nonantum Road
• Her day jobs in the nonprofit world including one with an organization that won the Nobel Peace Prize
• Her music career now playing 15-20 gigs a month

Listen to more of Ruth's music and get in contact with her at:
www.ruthrappaportmusic.com

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