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If you put your ear to the street, you can hear the
rumble of the world in motion; people going to and from
work, to school, to the grocery store. You may even hear
the whisper of their living rooms, their conversation,
their complaints, and if you're lucky, their laughter.
If you're almost anywhere in America , you'll hear something
different, something special, something you recognize
but haven't heard in a long time. It is the sound of
a real celebration.
It is not New Year's, and it is not a political convention.
It is neither a prime time game-show, nor a music video
countdown, bloated with fame and sponsorship. What you
are hearing is the love for a music. It is the unbridled
outcry of support for a song that sings to the heart,
that dances with the soul. The jubilation is in the theaters,
the bars, the music clubs, the festivals. The love is
for a band.
The songs are honest: just chords with real voices singing
real melodies. But, the heart and the energy with which
they are sung, is really why people are talking, and
why so many sing along.
They are a reality in a world of entertainment built
with smoke and mirrors, and when they play, the common
man can break the mirrors and blow the smoke away, so
that all that's left behind is the unwavering beauty
of the songs. That's the commotion, that's the celebration,
and wherever The Avett Brothers are tonight, that's what
you'll find.
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