Tap dancer Melinda Sullivan and jazz pianist Larry Goldings practice their musical performance together at Goldings' home studio. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) In a quiet backyard nestled ...

A great deal of art is created to evoke the feeling of another time or place. Sometimes, a guitar riff can sound exactly like your 16th birthday, or the chorus of one song brings you back to the place ...

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