Mark C. Samples

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New Music From Friends and a Legend

September has been a month of exciting new music releases. Here are a few of my favorites:

My friends Brandon and Anne, better known as My Name Is You, have released their second album, Home Now. 

A couple of other friends from San Diego are a part of the community of musicians in The Tree Ring. This album marks the likely end of what has been a brilliantly hand-crafted music experience over the last several years and three albums.

And then there is Leonard Cohen, not a friend but a legend nonetheless. Hear his new album a week before it is released, via NPR First Listen (album will be unavailable after the release, so listen now!). 

What is your favorite release of September? Please share in the comments so that we don’t miss it.

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