The Cowsills In Magazines

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- In another art-mirrors-life moment, Susan Cowsill leads the group in the singing of “Will the Circle Be Unbroken,” but she changes the line, “for to carry my mother away” to “brother away.” In context, it makes sense, but the moment’s resonant because Cowsill lost her brother Barry after Katrina, and her shows from the first half of 2006 were very public displays of grieving. By the spring of 2007, loss was part of her musical subtext, but it was no longer the dominant note.

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