KIRK--How He Brought Home 'José Cruz'

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KIRK--How He Brought Home 'José Cruz'

KIRK JOSEPH uses his Effects-Board to render music of the heart.

Don Paul

Dec 18, 2024

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An IMPROMTU duet to close DPRAM’s first Set at New Orleans’ Marigny Opera House, June 5, 2024. The audience got a good laugh from Kirk’s surprise and at the of this tribute-poem to WWOZ Volunteer JOSE CRUZ clapped and shouted at what the musician had pulled out of himself for all of us.

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