“Frank Sinatra spinning on vinyl, the rotary-dial phone ringing on the end table, family scattered across the floor in front of the fire. That’s what I think of when I think of the holidays. (In the late 1990s, to be clear).”
“I lived in an old colonial house in Massachusetts where quality always out-valued the latest fashions. My parents have a special appreciation for things that endure, and it’s that appreciation that brought me to vinyl. And in turn, brought me to music.
I could have veered away from the phonograph (and rotary-dial phone) because it was out-dated, but the truth is, I loved the way it took me out of modern reality for a moment and brought me to wherever I needed to be. Music does that. It fills you up right where you’re empty. And over the years, lying on the floor listening to records turned this music-lover into a music-maker.
When I went to college, I no longer had the record player. But I still had the records. So my roommate and I covered the walls of our apartment with them, and crooned along as best we could from memory. It was a space filled with as much love and music as the holidays at home, because no matter where you are or how you take it in, music endures.”
—Kat Quinn
Kat Quinn’s “Rust to Gold” EP arrives in stores today, 10/6.
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