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Back in the States after a couple years overseas, A Different Thread (Alicia Best and Robert Jackson) join Aaron in the studio to discuss their return and promote their upcoming Leap Day show, Thursday, February 29, at Eno House in Hillsborough. (The show begins at 6:45, with the Lagomorph Quartet and Gabel, Beck & Bristol opening.)

Alicia Best and Robert Jackson discussed their show and played a song, “Behind the Curtain,” from their 2022 album “Call of the Road.” Listen: 

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