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Young Songwriter

Kate Sweeney | WABE

July 8th, 2013

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13-year-old Sydney Rhame wrote her first song when she was six, and learned to play guitar when she was seven. Now she plays her original compositions all over Atlanta and the Southeast. Among her influences, she names Jack Johnson, John Mayer, the Indigo Girls and Pink.

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