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Brothers Osborne Put the Anniversary to Work
· New York time
Brothers Osborne performed “R.I.P.” for CBS's Saturday Sessions while celebrating ten years since their debut album. The Grammy-winning country duo has platinum and gold certifications and more than 3.4 billion worldwide streams. Their fifth studio album, Watertown, celebrates their Maryland hometown on the Chesapeake Bay. The anniversary supplies a milestone; the hometown supplies a setting. Performing brings attention back to the music behind both, rather than leaving the occasion to an achievements graphic. Streaming totals are impressive abstractions. Playing a song remains pleasingly specific. Beneath the vast arithmetic of a modern music career, someone still has to begin on the right beat.
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