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Words by Zach O’Hare The United States has felt like it's been in constant turmoil for most of 2020. A lot of public figures have spoken about the COVID-19 pandemic, police brutality etc. Tyler Childers, in doing his part, released an album along with a statement from his YouTube channel on September 18th. In the 6 minute long video Childers gives the audience insight to his own observations regarding America’s current events. The statement also clarifies the intentions for the title track “Long Violent History." Childers humbly explains that his objective was to create “fairly legible sounds on the fiddle” and let Long Violent History speak for itself. In the first 8 tracks, Childers achieves his goal by covering old folk songs from various artists. Origins of the instrumental tracks range from American Civil War songs to a Broadway show tune. These tracks are sonically pleasing to even a bluegrass and folk layman, but can overall be difficult to interpret. It is speculated

Words by Jason Myers ( Memorandum Media ) It’s no secret that midwestern DIY musicians know how to hustle. Even in the age of COVID, we’ve seen up-and-coming bands from the region release albums, perform via internet live streams, and push creativity to new heights. Take Columbus post-pop act Mungbean, for example. Merely weeks away from the release of their new LP, I Love You Say It Back , Mungbean is determined to keep the positive vibes rolling and the dancefloor moving. MusicMarauders recently got to sit down with the band to chat about the new album and what it’s like to be a musician during a global pandemic… MM: Hey guys, thanks a ton for taking the time to do this interview! Let's start off with a few introductory questions. Can you give us some background info on how the band was formed? Emma: Sean and I started Mungbean in the summer of 2016. We were both in other bands at the time that were a bit more serious, so Mungbean was really meant just to be an experiment