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L’Rain: ‘All the music I make is political in a very personal sense. Especially when you’re crossing borders’
Brooklyn artist to play her gorgeous new LP in Ireland for the first time when she begins her European tour at the Button Factory in Dublin
L’Rain, alter ego of Brooklyn producer and songwriter Taja Cheek. Photograph: Alice Plati
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