Chicago musician Justin Roberts is up for a Grammy. First he faces some tough critics: kids.
Roberts, who across 25 years and 16 albums has become one of the world’s best-known children musicians, recently played for a classroom in Oak Park.
Roberts, who across 25 years and 16 albums has become one of the world’s best-known children musicians, recently played for a classroom in Oak Park.
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These are some of the images that we’ll look back on.