{"id":1984438,"date":"2025-08-28T11:39:22","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T11:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1984438"},"modified":"2025-08-28T11:39:22","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T11:39:22","slug":"dan-kirouac-brings-mccartney-music-program-to-lunenburg-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/dan-kirouac-brings-mccartney-music-program-to-lunenburg-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan Kirouac brings McCartney music program to Lunenburg library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"\" data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Westminster resident Dan Kirouac will debut a new music program at 6 p.m. Sept. 4 at the Lunenburg Public Library. The program, titled &#8220;The Music of McCartney: The World\u2019s Most Successful Songwriter,&#8221; will explore Paul McCartney&#8217;s musical journey, according to a community announcement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Kirouac will discuss McCartney&#8217;s music as he developed his songwriting through the 1960s with the Beatles and beyond, and his influences, including his father, a jazz musician in the 1920s\/30s, as well as his incorporation of those sounds of ballroom and dance-hall big bands in his music, to his successes as a pop and rock performer in Wings and as a solo musician. The listener will relive a wide spectrum of musical styles covered over Sir Paul\u2019s 65-year career.<\/p>\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Dan Kirouac\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"1232\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/633oohHZU2xRhOcJUBFVrQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTEyMzI7Y2Y9d2VicA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/the-gardner-news\/3c8365512615cdc36d1cbaa9f31aaa13\"\/><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Dan Kirouac<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The event will take place in the Wallace Community Room at the library, located at 1023 Massachusetts Ave. in Lunenburg. Seating is limited. Registration is encouraged but not required: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4lxX2iR\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:https:\/\/bit.ly\/4lxX2iR;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">https:\/\/bit.ly\/4lxX2iR<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">More about Kirouac can be found at <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DanKirouacMusic\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:www.facebook.com\/DanKirouacMusic;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">www.facebook.com\/DanKirouacMusic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This story was created by reporter Beth McDermott, bmcdermott1@gannett.com, with the assistance of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Journalists were involved in every step of the information gathering, review, editing and publishing process. Learn more at <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/cm.usatoday.com\/ethical-conduct\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:cm.usatoday.com\/ethical-conduct;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">cm.usatoday.com\/ethical-conduct<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This article originally appeared on Gardner News: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thegardnernews.com\/story\/news\/local\/2025\/08\/28\/from-beatles-to-wings-music-of-mccartney-talk-sept-4-lunenburg-library-dan-kirouac-westminster-ma\/85839410007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:From Beatles to Wings: 'Music of McCartney' talk coming Sept. 4;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">From Beatles to Wings: &#8216;Music of McCartney&#8217; talk coming Sept. 4<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Westminster resident Dan Kirouac will debut a new music program at 6 p.m. Sept. 4 at the Lunenburg Public Library. 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