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Watch: Gabriel Kahane Performs on “Live From Here with Chris Thile”

Chances are, you have heard of Live from Here, the successor to A Prairie Home Companion from Punch Brothers’ Chris Thile. A few weeks ago, Gabriel Kahane was a guest on the show and played three favorites from his Book of Travelers, the album inspired by a 9,000-mile train trip around America the morning after the election of Donald Trump. These performances are beautiful and stark, and you can watch Kahane continue to search for the connection and understanding he sought two years ago. See Kahane and Thile at Big Ears 2019.

 




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