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Listen: Port St. Willow Brings 'Syncope' to Life at Le Poisson Rouge
Tuesday, October 25, 2016
Port St. Willow, the project of Brooklyn-based Nicholas Principe, performed its second improvisational, atmospheric album "Syncope" at Le Poisson Rouge on November 17, 2015.
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