Kristen Laine

As the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade brings together marching bands from across the U.S. next week, we explore the music and culture surrounding this uniquely American tradition. Joining us is Kristen Laine, a journalist who chronicled a year spent with an elite high school marching band in the book "American ...

Thirty years after Kristen Laine marched in her own high school band, she returned to her home state of Indiana to document the lives of the Concord High School Marching Minutemen for her new book, American Band.

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