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I’m a creative based in Cincinnati. Here you can see my music, photos, and other projects I’ve worked on while studying at CCM.
You can contact me at rileygburns@gmail.com
Recent Posts
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The Battle of the Bridge
During my senior year at UC, I wrote some articles for my journalism classes with the peerless professor Jenny Wohlfarth. While they didn’t end up getting published, I still appreciate them, and so I figured I’d post them here as writing samples. This article covers the Brent Spence Bridge expansion and its effect on the…
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the EP is out!!!
My new EP DAWN is out now everywhere! This project was my capstone at CCM over the past year, and as I prepare to graduate it feels amazing to finally have something out to share. More than the music itself, of which I am still proud but find myself growing more critical every day, this…
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chicago
This past weekend I went to chicago with some friends for the car seat headrest concert. The show was great but that’s more of a me thing — what I will talk about is the city itself, which was also great! It’s like an oasis of brick and steel in the midwest, at least that’s…
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The City & The City
An original cover for the novel The City & The City by China Miéville, which I’m currently reading. I find the central premise of two cities superimposed on top of each other, all the while demanding to be kept distinct, to be a really evocative allegory for apartheid. Originally published back in 2009, it obviously…
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