Meditations in an Emergency

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New folk music, recent works of nonfiction, a racy Italian novel about the 1930s

New folk music, recent works of nonfiction, a racy Italian novel about the 1930s

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☞ A bar in Los Angeles last week, the bartender put on a record by a young folk duo from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, recorded in 2016. It was the kind of bar, let’s say, where North Carolina folk music was the last thing I expected to hear.

“Wow, this is great, who is this?” I said.

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