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September 20th, 2011

The Rumpus Interview with Steve Koester of Two Dark Birds

A few years ago Steve Koester, the frontman of the band Two Dark Birds, cut a considerable amount of static out of his life, started spending more time with his wife and daughter and thousands of trees, and wrote and recorded the songs on a beautiful new record called Songs for the New. …more

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Janet Steen is a writer and editor who has worked for magazines including Esquire, Time Out New York, and Details. She likes to write about books, music, and creative people doing exceptional things. She is also a book editor with a business called Editrixie. She lives in upstate New York, where huge chunks of her road were recently eaten by Hurricane Irene.

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