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Ball of Wax 61 Songs: KPH & the Canary Collective – “Tell My Dreams”

I swear I didn’t intend to front-load this particular volume of Ball of Wax with songs about loss, it just kind of worked out that way. KPH’s lovely, languorous “Tell My Dreams” is clearly an ode to a lost love, … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 58 Songs: KPH the Canary Collective – “New Year”

I had the opportunity a few weeks back to watch the live Instagram feed of a Kaeley Pruitt-Hamm show and was taken with her mix of nervous chattiness (a characteristic I share, though mine is far less endearing) and moving … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 57 Songs: KPH & The Canary Collective – “Dam Dam”

Kaeley Pruitt-Hamm (KPH) is a young community organizer/social justice advocate who has spent the last several years mostly bedridden (read her story here). I bring this up not to garner sympathy for KPH’s plight—although much of her recent work has … Continue reading

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Ball of Wax 53 Songs: KPH – “Been to the Future”

There are many obstacles the environmental movement needs to overcome in order to achieve any part of its mission, but a serious one to contend with is defeatism, or cynicism. Just as bad as pretending that everything is fine is … Continue reading

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