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Two weeks ago, I had the chance to speak with New York based artist Ari Hest, a voice that has become legendary in the modern singer/songwriter world.  If you’re not familiar with what the “modern singer/songwriter world” is, then turn off MTV, ignore anything with auto-tune attached to the vocals and listen to artists like, Ray LaMontagne, Donavon Frankenreiter, Brett Dennen, Trevor Hall, Amos Lee, Paolo Nutini and of course, Ari Hest.  If artists like Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, James Taylor are the roots of the singer/songwriter, these artists are an eclectic array of branches with vibrant leaves - a different color and pattern on each.  I don’t want to say that Hest is leading the pack, because the category of artist Hest falls into has no leader – it can’t. This group prefers rather to work as one,… read more