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In 'A Story In The Times,' Robin Bacior Digs Her Own Roots

Bacior's radiant new song reflects on feelings of rootlessness, alienation and the ways people can form an identity without a single place to shape and define them.
Robin Bacior's new album, <em>Light It Moved Me</em>, comes out August 31.

Robin Bacior sings with calm authority, never failing to surround herself with quietly radiant instrumentation. On past recordings, the Portland singer-songwriter set, out August 31, she fans out a bit, infusing her new songs with loops and bits of jazz and ornate '70s pop.

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