The Guardian Long Read - audio versions of our regular long reads published online and in the newspaper Monday through Friday.  The long reads are long form articles on a wide variety of topics from global politics to the big cultural debates of our time.

For the print version go to - http://www.theguardian.com/news/series/the-long-read

Refuge in Exile is the second full length release for Brandon Krebs, this time recording under his own name.  Refuge In Exile’s instantly breathtaking sweep and rhythmic hooks challenge its title’s reveal of how it was made intimately and mindfully in an uncertain two-year period of the artist’s life. Krebs says it comes from an urgently transitional period in which he did a lot of soul-searching and self-reflecting. “I have moved every December for four years and it has definitely shaped this record.” There are themes varying from the struggle of such change, being thrust into awkward situations; feeling self-imprisonment and then having to move on; grappling with technology the way we all are these days. “I guess if I had to boil it down and sum it up I would say Refuge in Exile is about the struggle to be myself and live the life I want to live instead of one you’re taught to want and pursue and its inherent struggles and loses and or compromises.”

Twice-monthly community updates for the small desert town of Night Vale, featuring local weather, news, announcements from the Sheriff's Secret Police, mysterious lights in the night sky, dark hooded figures with unknowable powers, and cultural events. Turn on your radio and hide. Welcome to Night Vale. (Produced by Commonplace Books. Written by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor. Narrated by Cecil Baldwin. On Twitter as NightValeRadio)

This page features a revolving door of audio recorded at Handwritten Recording in Chicago. Email me at Rick@HandwrittenRecording.com or check out HandwrittenRecording.com for more information.

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