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Indie Alaska

How an Award-Winning musician finds hope during a pandemic

Season 10 Episode 1

After a year of pandemic and increased racial tensions, Ed Washington, an Anchorage musician who won best male vocalist at the 2020 Alaska Hip Hop and R&B Music Awards, shares a message of hope and wellbeing.

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