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I was raised on pop music. Anything classical ran together in a complicated blur.

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Jane Siberry
Age: 68
Born: 1955
Born: October 12
Jazz Musician
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Songwriter
City of Toronto
Jane Stewart
Complicated
Raised
Together
Anything
Music
Blur
Classical
Ran
Pops

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