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This song is about the changing dynamics in a parent-child relationship as each person ages. In the story, the 25-year-old is trying to get in touch with the parent who is too busy for them, and the child realizes that their relationship has changed now that they’ve grown. They
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SPOTLIGHT: Rufus Wainwright Taps Into Folk Feeling With ‘Alone’ [VIDEO]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Rufus Wainwright is No Depression’s Spotlight artist for June 2023. Read more about him and his new album, Folkocracy, in this interview, and read an essay from Wainwright about how singers should think of singing here.
While Rufus Wainwright has soared in the skies of pop
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