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A Singer-Songwriter Changes His Name and His Career

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By ROBERTA HERSHENSON
Published: February 27, 2009

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AFTER dubbing himself and his band Milton, the singer-songwriter

once known as Marc Rosenthal saw good things start to happen.
Clubs that had rejected music he submitted under his former name

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started booking him. Radio stations attuned to folk-rock gave air

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time to his songs, and he began to attract a following. The name also

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In fact, he has the pitch and rhythm to carry the day, and

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back (the place was swarming with well-dressed and

attentive fans) yelled In the City! demanding one of Miltons best-known songs.
Instead, he gave them Booker, an ode to the piano-playing jazz legend James Booker, a
song that has been featured on National Public Radio and is included in the bands latest
CD, Grand Hotel.
After asking the crowd to acknowledge his mothers birthday she was beaming in a
front row Milton, a lanky, clean-cut performer who favors dark sports jackets and plaid
shirts, hooked up a harmonica and began playing it along with his guitar. A smile was
never far from his lips as he rolled out one set of lyrics after another.

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