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LIC Coalition performance
The ‘Wide Open Sky’
of LIC’s Past
Local musicians discuss
how Long Island City
inspired their reflective
new album
BY ANGÉLICA ACEVEDO
“Wide Open Sky,” a new collaborative album by Long
Island City-based musicians Pat Irwin and J. Walter
Hawkes, takes listeners into a reflective, yet grounded
world of jazzy guitar and trombone instrumentals laced
with hints of electronic sounds.
Irwin and Hawkes were inspired by Long Island City, the neighborhood
that they’ve called home for quite some time now, when creating the
10-track record. Irwin moved to LIC in the late ‘80s while Hawkes arrived
in the early ‘00s.
“We know our neighbors. We care about our neighbors,” said Hawkes,
who plays the trombone. “It wasn’t until I moved to Long Island City and have
been here for a minute that I ever felt like I was a part of a real community,
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‘Wide Open Sky’ cover
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