This year, I went to 14 shows. That’s only about one per month on average. Back when I lived in Minneapolis, there was a time when I went to almost 14 shows in one month alone. But I haven’t lived in Minneapolis for over two years now, and this year was full of many, many other events. Thankfully, a good number of them are still music related.
In January, I went to Norway for an Arctic science and policy conference, one of the best weeks of my graduate career and my life. I pursued stories in Alaska and back in Minneapolis, interviewed people all over the world about the arts in a changing Arctic, worked for Nature Conservancy magazine, graduated with my master’s degree, visited San Francisco for the first time in seven years, photographed live shows, interviewed Kimbra on the phone (!!!), finally saw Dessa perform live, took my best friend to her first ever indie show (Wye Oak), started a new full-time job, moved within town, visited New York for an arts and climate change workshop, travelled to Germany and the UK for work, saw Reinhardt Buhr perform on the street in Berlin, and most recently, found myself back in Washington, D.C. for work – where I saw The Japanese House live. I made many new life-long connections, visited old friends, and lost my grandpa in the spring. It’s been an amazing and difficult year, in so many ways. But through it all, as always, there has been great new music. And that’s the one thing I hope never changes.
In January, I went to Norway for an Arctic science and policy conference, one of the best weeks of my graduate career and my life. I pursued stories in Alaska and back in Minneapolis, interviewed people all over the world about the arts in a changing Arctic, worked for Nature Conservancy magazine, graduated with my master’s degree, visited San Francisco for the first time in seven years, photographed live shows, interviewed Kimbra on the phone (!!!), finally saw Dessa perform live, took my best friend to her first ever indie show (Wye Oak), started a new full-time job, moved within town, visited New York for an arts and climate change workshop, travelled to Germany and the UK for work, saw Reinhardt Buhr perform on the street in Berlin, and most recently, found myself back in Washington, D.C. for work – where I saw The Japanese House live. I made many new life-long connections, visited old friends, and lost my grandpa in the spring. It’s been an amazing and difficult year, in so many ways. But through it all, as always, there has been great new music. And that’s the one thing I hope never changes.
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