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    "deck": "A Fairbanks kid who went platinum with Exposé and sang alongside Ringo Starr is coming home to play four Alaska shows in four days.",
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    "body_md": "Kelly Moneymaker, a Fairbanks-born vocalist, songwriter and filmmaker, returns to Alaska this week for four concerts in four days. Moneymaker sang in the platinum-selling vocal group Exposé, which climbed the Billboard charts, and has recorded with Ringo Starr, Diana Ross and Meat Loaf.\n\nThe tour opens Friday, August 28, at The Boatel on Riverside Drive in Fairbanks, with special guest 3-Chord Ho. Moneymaker plays Bernie's Bungalow in downtown Anchorage on Saturday, August 29, then The Sluice Box at the Alaska State Fair in Palmer on Sunday, August 30. On Monday, August 31, she appears at the Native Voices Film Festival at the fair for a music video panel and a film screening and Q&A.\n\nMoneymaker's songs have appeared in Grey's Anatomy, CSI, Hawaii Five-0 and Cobra Kai. Her newest singles have drawn more than a million streams, and she was named best female vocalist this year at an awards show in Los Angeles.\n\nHer touring band, In The Black, includes drummer Herman Matthews of Tower of Power, guitarists Jamie Kime of Zappa Plays Zappa and Matt Waldrum, and bassist Wade Biery, a fellow Alaskan who has toured with Kenny Loggins.",
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        "a": "August 28 at The Boatel in Fairbanks, August 29 at Bernie's Bungalow in Anchorage, August 30 at The Sluice Box at the Alaska State Fair in Palmer, and August 31 at the Native Voices Film Festival at the fair.",
        "q": "When and where is Kelly Moneymaker playing?"
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        "q": "Who plays in her band?"
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        "q": "Where can I buy tickets?"
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        "a": "She sang in the platinum-selling vocal group Exposé and has recorded with Ringo Starr, Diana Ross, Meat Loaf and Enya, and her songs have appeared in Grey's Anatomy, CSI, Hawaii Five-0 and Cobra Kai.",
        "q": "What is Kelly Moneymaker known for?"
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