Steve Goodwin was a talented musician, but he had never recorded or written anything down. As his memory began to fade, his family found a professional pianist, Naomi LaViolette, to work with him to save the music in his head.
Cheri Lucas Rowlands
Cheri has been an editor at Longreads since 2014.
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After Summiting Mt. Everest, He Returned Home to Face His Demons
Outdoor explorer and photographer Cory Richards describes his personal struggles with PTSD, alcoholism, and infidelity.
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‘Turn Off Your Brain and Just Trust Instinct’: Q-Tip on the Evolving Sound of Hip-Hop
Kyle Kramer, editor at Noisey, talks with A Tribe Called Quest’s Q-Tip about staying true to himself while evolving with the sound of hip-hop.
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‘Alexa Is Not Just the Perfect Companion, But the Perfect Spouse’
Can Amazon’s Alexa be your friend—or something more? At Digg, Aaron Paul Calvin examines the recent spike in digital assistants.
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How an ER Doctor Got Hooked on Fentanyl and Lost It All
At Toronto Life, Katherine Laidlaw tells the story of Darryl Gebein, who got hooked one of the most dangerous opioids on the market.
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A Tribe Called Quest’s Generation Is Now and Forever: A Conversation with Q-Tip
Q-Tip of A Tribe Called Quest talks with Noisey editor Kyle Kramer about Tribe’s sixth and final album, the importance of art, the evolution of hip-hop, and missing Phife Dawg.
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Can Amazon’s Alexa Be Your Friend?
A look at the rise of digital assistants, and how Alexa is not only getting smarter, but becoming an emotional companion for people who face loneliness and social anxiety.
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Disgraced
As told to writer Katherine Laidlaw, ER doctor Darryl Gebein describes how he became addicted to fentanyl—and lost everything.
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‘Because California Moves Through You’
Essayist Lynell George muses on California and the two cities—Los Angeles and San Francisco—that own a part of her heart.
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State of Being: Envisioning California
“California, the best of it, is what lives and prospers in a liminal, unnamed space—somewhere between dreams, disappointments, and recalibration.” An essayist describes how California—Los Angeles and San Francisco in particular—moves through you.