Ben Kweller Is Playing Through the Pain
The beloved indie rocker was set to coheadline a summer tour with his sixteen-year-old son. When Dorian died this February, his father sought refuge the only way he could: in their shared love of music.
Dina Gachman is a Pulitzer Center grantee, an award-winning journalist, and a frequent contributor to Texas Monthly, the New York Times, Vox, and more. She’s an NYT best-selling ghostwriter, and her second book, “So Sorry for Your Loss”: How I Learned to Live with Grief, and Other Grave Concerns, was published in April 2023. She lives in Hutto.
The beloved indie rocker was set to coheadline a summer tour with his sixteen-year-old son. When Dorian died this February, his father sought refuge the only way he could: in their shared love of music.
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