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This is the New Yorker Radio Hour, I'm David Remnick. The band Lake Street Dive recorded their first album with money that their bassist had won in a songwriting contest.

There were kids at the time, music students at the prestigious New England Conservatory.

But instead of playing classical or jazz, they gravitated over the years more and more

to a blend of Americana, pop, country, and rock, and they made

it all their own.

And like a lot of fans, I stumbled on to the band via YouTube years ago, and I really

love their pop covers and their incredibly homey stage

presence. For years Blake Street Dive was a little underground and they toured from

one small venue to the next, losing band members and

gaining some along the way. And now almost 20 years later, Lake Street Dive finds

themselves coming to the stage of Madison Square Garden.

And they joined us in the studio at WNYC. I know I'm not the first one to sweep you off your feet.

I'm not the first one to sweep you off your feet

but I believe we can make it.

You know that where I came from it coming out to me.

Where do I think of escaping and ending the way

by my side. of escaping from them. I don't know.

By my side, some of the place.

We can hide

when any early delight

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