Thanks to singer-songwriter-artist-activist Natalie Merchant, students from one dozen Chicago Public Schools are experiencing ...

Natalie Merchant has always resisted definition, marching (or dancing) to the beat of her own drummer, so to speak. Now, decades after her stint as the singer for 10,000 Maniacs — and her first ...

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