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Bestor sets his life to music

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From: Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
Date: 20060604
Author:Carma Wadley Deseret Morning News

Percy Bysshe Shelley said of poets, "What they learn in suffering, they teach in song."

The same could be said for musicians, particularly those who are able to transform what they have learned through life's deeply felt experiences into melodies that enlighten and entertain.

Kurt Bestor is one of those musicians.

His ability to translate life into wordless poetry is evident in his latest project, an autobiographical CD titled "A Life." A six- song expanded-play CD was released at his Christmas concerts last winter. He's writing several additional pieces for the collection, and they will all ...

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