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Chrissi Bickford
Mando Saenz is a relatively taciturn fellow, so I called my friend Jon Byrd to ask some scouting questions before our interview. Byrd, one of the finest country songwriters and storytellers I know, had a lot of wonderful things to say about his close friend Mando, including this, “Don’t take this the wrong way, but he’s a great drinking companion. You can sit at the bar, and 15 minutes will go by and nobody’s said a word. It’s awesome!”
We crack up at this, because Mando has a lot to say; he just chooses his words carefully, whether in conversation or in song. He’s one of the finest writers in the roots country field, a torch-carrier for the tradition of poetic, narrative Texas songwriting who can also bring his best to Music Row co-writes aimed at the country marketplace. Another artist/fan is Jim Lauderdale, who’s written numerous songs with Saenz, including the title cuts to two of Jim’s albums, Time Flies, and From Another World. “He’s
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CHAI (feat. Ric Wilson), Maybe Chocolate Chips
This song is a love letter to moles specifically the kind that appear on your skin. CHAI s YUUKI thought, Maybe if people would look at their moles as chocolate chips, they would see them positively. On first listen, you might not catch that, given that most of the downtempo late-night track is in Japanese. But challenging your expectations is a key tenet of this band. I never thought a vibey song that flips the script and reclaims moles as an identifier of beauty could exist, but here we are.
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