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Flower power
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MARY CONWAY is disappointed by a play about AI that results in a deadening disconnect for its audience
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Michell, Pfeiffer & Kulesh
Flowers
Self-Released
FLOWERS is a debut album from an all-female folk trio Odette Michell, Karen Pfeiffer and Daria Kulesh.
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