The Trans Music Podcast - Sinclair Palmer on Appropriation, Music School, and Being A Hired Gun

Sinclair Palmer on Appropriation, Music School, and Being A Hired Gun

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02/12/19 • 48 min

The Trans Music Podcast

I went to visit Sinclair at their little cabin by a creek in Hillsboro, North Carolina. We talked about their bands, their post-graduation plans, and then got really, really deep into a conversation about cultural appropriation in music.

Read their profile on the Durham Beat: https://durhambeat.com/2019/02/12/artist-profile-sinclair-palmer/

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