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Rumours are spread by the insincere and listened to by fools and the conniving, and yet some rumours, especially the ones that come with the blessing of the sound of trumpets and played in tune to the ragtime and the energetic and cool, they are the ones in which to place your trust, to phone your friends with the gossip and the tale of pleasure to come; a quick word to those you know and trust to expediate the speculation onwards; and in prospect of Rag ‘n Roll, the Dutch masters, The Ragtime Rumours are true, the mood is swinging.