The Sunday Story: A Song for Grief in China

In China, a man has been playing the piano outdoors, often in places of great sadness-the epicenter of an earthquake, a dam that submerged villages, a street emptied during a COVID lockdown.... Read allIn China, a man has been playing the piano outdoors, often in places of great sadness-the epicenter of an earthquake, a dam that submerged villages, a street emptied during a COVID lockdown. He plays just one song: "Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence," by the late composer Ryuichi Saka... Read allIn China, a man has been playing the piano outdoors, often in places of great sadness-the epicenter of an earthquake, a dam that submerged villages, a street emptied during a COVID lockdown. He plays just one song: "Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence," by the late composer Ryuichi Sakamoto. In the fall of 2022, one of his performance videos goes viral, tapping into years of... Read all