When Carl Rubino was a child, his mother told him to close his eyes when he listened to music, for he could see the pictures in his mind. Today, this singer-songwriter still takes his mother’s advice. Yet when he closes his eyes now, the pictures he sees are from music of his own design — music that has brought him down a winding, pockmarked, enthralling, wouldn’t-trade-it-for-anything journey that continues to evolve in unexpected ways.
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Notes is a feature newsletter exploring arts and performances in the North Country authored by Benjamin Pomerance. You can view the archive of Notes here.