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The Alternate Routes – September 27th, 2013

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Complete performance and interview:

‘Ordinary’

‘The Future’s Something New’

‘Nothing More’

‘Nothing More’ was written at the request of NewtownKindness.org in the wake of last year’s tragedy. Learn more about their mission to promote kindness as a guiding principle of humanity.

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