By BEN WRIGHT Carrie & Lowell, Sufjan Stevens / Bass Concert Hall, Austin, Texas / 12 May 2015 Earlier this month, my stepmother contacted me out of the blue. I have spoken to her only once in the sixteen years since my father’s funeral. Julie and...
By BEN WRIGHT Easter in Texas is always a little strange for me. It starts with Mardi Gras and ends with a posh brunch. Easter Sunday is one of the few when normally informal church folks don suits and ties, making everything that little bit more inaccessible...