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When Pine Street in Cambridge hosted music giants

By Debra Messick
Posted 2/19/25

The heyday of what was known as the Chitlin’ Circuit–from the 1930s to 1960s–happened well before her time. But for Veronica Taylor, echoes of the era when Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Billie Holiday, James Brown, and more came to play on Pine Street in Cambridge reverberate still.

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