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Ridgewood, New Jersey, a town that’s produced such red hot indie bands as Senses Fail, Vivian Girls, and Real Estate
Ridgewood, N.J.: Why Here? Why Now?
by SAMI YENIGUN
This is the first in a new Friday series on The Record. We’ll be going around the country, asking why music scenes grow where they do.
This week, Ridgewood, New Jersey, a town that’s produced such red hot indie bands as Senses Fail, Vivian Girls, and Real Estate.
How did this happen? Ridgewood isn’t exactly a smoldering cauldron of artistic ferment. It’s an affluent New York City suburb where you’re more likely to see a polo-sporting jock twirling a lacrosse stick than you are a skinny-pants-wearing musician hauling a bass amp.
Or are you? Some would say Ridgewood’s role as musical midwife goes all the way back to arts programs in the public schools.
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