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Author: Nick Howland

Jared Corder / *repeat repeat

I got burned out on music. I took piano lessons as a little kid, around 7 or 8 years old. Then I started playing in bands in junior high and high school. I toured a little in college. I studied guitar at Arizona State. As

Molly O’Malley

So music. Talking about why I hold music close to my heart makes me feel like I'm the Guy Who Likes Music from that Gabe Gundacker video. I think that's because it's such a universal thing, and like I'm speaking to fill air, but also

Vesper Wood

I have a reoccurring dream, of waking up lying on some leaves, twigs, and roots, next to a small glassy pond, and hearing music somewhere off in the woods. I spend a while just lying there looking at the pond and listening, listening to the

Daniel John Reardon / Jaunt

Every summer growing up my family would attend something called "Strawberry Jam", it was more or less a private music festival. Organized by a mix of musicians - country, folk, jazz. Held on a farm owned and occupied by the original visionaries of the festival

Zyles

During high school summers, I had my first full-time gig in the music industry working for a business management company. They dealt with the biggest pop groups at the time, which were mostly the Camp Rock era Disney acts. The work wasn’t glorious -- I

Best Of 2018: Albums & Songs, Nick

If 2017 was represented by bitter anger and shocking sadness, 2018 was the awareness and action that follows. It was a year filled with celebrations of different cultures, the power and wisdom of women, and the acknowledgement of mental health issues. As usual, the world

Unknown Caller

Music is something that’s been with me for as long as I can remember. It’s pretty remarkable how a song can vividly take you to a different time and place. One of my earliest memories is of my dad blasting “Semi-Charmed Life” by Third Eye

GALLERY: PENNYFEST 2018 (BARRACUDA / AUSTIN, TX)

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GALLERY: VACATIONER, SEGO (RECORDBAR / KANSAS CITY, MO)

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GALLERY: VAN’S WARPED TOUR 2018 (PROVIDENCE MEDICAL AMPHITHEATER / KANSAS CITY, MO)

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