The Ties That Bind Us
Clean at 17: Elia Einhorn builds a career and a purpose through sobriety
Courtesy of Ebru Yildiz It’s Feb. 24, 1997, and Elia Einhorn is running for his life through the Chicago snow. He’s 17 years old, and the bands with which he’ll make a name for himself — Scotland Yard Gospel Choir first, and then Fashion Brigade — are still several years down the road. It’ll be…
Read MoreLCD Soundsystem’s Tyler Pope reflects on grace, music and sobriety
Courtesy of Ruvan Wijesooriya Sobriety is a radical reinvention, and bassist Tyler Pope took that to heart when he made the decision to embrace it in 2010. For one, he left his post as the guitarist (among other instruments) of the dance-punk band !!! (pronounced “Chk-Chk-Chk”). For another, he joined LCD Soundsystem, a similarly dance-…
Read MoreSongwriter Eric Dwight: Addicts aren’t the only ones ‘Born Into Addiction’
A great many musicians touch on addiction and the ravages of it in esoteric or cryptic ways, but not Eric Dwight. The Boston-area singer-songwriter’s new record says it all in the title: “Born Into Addiction.” Writing it, he told The Ties That Bind Us recently, began as a way to process the death of his…
Read MoreWith sobriety, contemporary composer John Bence reaches for the divine
Courtesy of Dan Northover Shortly after the release of his debut EP “Disquiet,” contemporary classical composer and producer John Bence was considered something of a wunderkind in Europe’s avant garde circles. After all, it was a fragment of the music that would find its way onto “Disquiet” that convinced Chilean-American composer Nicolas Jaar to sign…
Read MoreLight, life and music: Singer-songwriter Eric Stracener thrives in sobriety
The first thing Eric Stracener heard when he pulled open the door to his first 12 Step meeting wasn’t what he expected. For the singer-songwriter, who last fall released the stellar indie-folk record “Ocean Springs,” the trip up those stairs seemed like the shuffle of a condemned man to the chair. He remembers vividly, he…
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