For Fly or Die’s finale, the legends who loved jaimie branch pay tribute
thefader.comThe experimental music community mourns its losses intensely. Just this past weekend, an army of deep listeners rushed to pay tribute to one of their own — Stars of the Lid co-founder Brian McBride, who died on Sunday, August 27 at the age of 53.
Last summer, the small and sometimes insular but largely warm and welcoming scene took a hit of similar magnitude when jaimie branch — a trumpet master, visionary bandleader, generous side player, and passionate environmental and human rights advocate — transitioned to the next world at 39.
Read Next: 4AD announces artist-on-artist interview podcast Two days later, those who knew and loved jaimie — both personally and through her music — marched through her adopted neighborhood of Red Hook, Brooklyn, where she lived with her dog Patton until her final moments.
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