John Stano is an award-winning singer/songwriter, and a teacher of Americana, Blues, Folk and Contemporary acoustic music. His awards include the 2012 Wisconsin Singer/Songwriter Series Songwriting Competition and the 2012 Grafton Blues Challenge. He is also an award-winning poet. Stano visited the WPR studios to perform some live music with Stephanie Elkins, and have some conversation.
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