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Vivian Wang

Our Communal Heart Beats Miles From Here: Scott Hutchison's Beautiful Legacy

Our Communal Heart Beats Miles From Here: Scott Hutchison's Beautiful Legacy

How do we describe what darkness looks like when the very absence of light strips our photoreceptors of information? How do we give shape to the experience of depression when its very nature--simultaneously shapeless and shape-shifting--makes it hard to define, let alone fight? Some musicians use metaphors and elliptical references--a
Vivian Wang 14 May 2018
Sea Stories & Soul: Sturgill Simpson + Valerie June at Kings Theatre

Sea Stories & Soul: Sturgill Simpson + Valerie June at Kings Theatre

"The banjo is an Appalachian instrument," Valerie June remarked to the sold-out crowd in Brooklyn, NY. "But its roots are in Africa, so I like to think of it in both capacities." Her reference to the origin story of the instrument encapsulates a musical style that
Vivian Wang 14 Oct 2016

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