Freddie Bryant's album 'Upper West Side Love Story' is an ambitious musical dedication to a specific area of New York, but it says a lot about how cities are gentrified.
I chatted with Freddie for episode 172 of my podcast Harmonious World and he tells the whole story about this complicated music that is a song cycle and so much more.
From the perspective of a child, of a man growing up in this part of town he loves so much and then as an adult looking back, this music sheds an intensely personal light. Musically, it is captivating.
Please do listen to the episode and then to the whole album. It's worth it for the music and for the poetry,
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