Video Spotlight: Dennis Leise – ‘Hurry Up And Die’

“The world that you grew up in is no more.” Let those words sink in for a minute. It’s both a statement of truth and a statement that’s open to interpretation. For a fair number of the population, it’s a positive thing. We live in a healthier, safer, and more equitable world than before with an eye towards the future. But for the rest? Well, not so much … From his urban farm in unincorporated Gary, IN, Dennis Leise sees the world differently. Growing up in rural Pennsylvania (outside Pittsburgh) and a long stretch in Chicago, he’s lived in several worlds. Maybe Gary isn’t most people’s vision of a personal nirvana, but for Dennis, it allowed him both accessibility to the music scene he’s entrenched himself in as well as the solitude of working the land. As the lead track off of...

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