Jeffrey Lewis joins by phone to speak about the power of music, either to lend credibility to the corporate brands that purchase the artist's inspiration, or to open people's minds to alternate possibilities outside the mainstream narrative. Lewis wrote about this conflict in his 2013 song "WWPRD" (What Would Pussy Riot Do?), which is among the several overtly political songs of his that we listen to. Jeffrey Lewis is performing at the Winter Hoot at 7pm next weekend at the Ashokan Center in Olivebridge.
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