Elaine Roy, one-half of the Fitchburg, Mass.-born brother-and-sister bluegrass duo the Roys, turns to the pure, simple beauty of the music whenever life gets too complicated. Cellphones and traffic jams, iPods and laptops, celebrity gossip and sports fanaticism, Facebook and Twitter chip away at our tranquillity. Bluegrass, with its peaceful mandolins, dobros and high lonesome harmonies, becomes the respite. "There is so much noise everywhere, you can never disconnect," Roy said by phone from Nashville, Tenn. "You can never...
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