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The Music Room will host its holiday extravaganza, “Carols Reimagined,” at 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 17, at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 401 Duval St.

Mike Emerson was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. He began playing guitar, which his brother Glenn bought him, at age 12. He attended high school in Northern Kentucky and

One of Key West’s hardest working and most prolific songwriters, Michael McCloud, will play his final Key West bar gig on Sunday.

Dottie Martin was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan. At age 17, she fell in love with a 4-foot, 10-inch jockey. They were married, traveled around the country and later

Key West’s Lopez family has musical roots that trace back four generations and even further to their Bahamian music roots.

Yves (Yvan) Marie Claude Agbo was born in Dakar, Senegal, West Africa on July 6, 1967. He was the youngest of six — five boys and one girl. Yvan’s father

Mark Rose was born and raised in front of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado Springs, Colorado, the son of Trudy and Forrest Rose. His mother was a piano teacher and

• Kids’ concert

• Farmers market

Robin Kaplan grew up in Woodridge, New York, a “huge music town.” It was small community upstate but still closely connected to all New York big bands and stars. She