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Conceptual pieces and performance can easily go awry. It takes quality songwriting and a real performative commitment to not only tell a story, but to imbue it with intellectual and emotional resonance. On its new album Of Ghosts and Gods, transatlantic folk duo David Berkeley and Ben Parker, aka Sons
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Friendship and kinship lie at the heart of Pert Near Sandstone’s ninth studio album, Side by Side. “I know there’s strength in numbers, and so much joy that will be felt,” sings J. Lenz in “Quiet Hours,” gathering the listener closer for the whispered promise. Community is invaluable,