After nine albums of sterling folk/pop/rock, Eleni Mandell had no need to alter her creative methodology. A chance stroll through the history of country music in the cradle of its development gave Mandell the blazingly clear vision to simplify her process on what would become the new Dark Lights Up. Mandell will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. What she will be writing about: “My kids are four-and-a-half years old (twins). We travel with my ex-boyfriend (not their father), who helps out as the ‘nanny.’ They have toured across the USA many times, but now they’re older and have opinions. The tour lasted five weeks, and we had a blast looking for fun things to do. Two places to avoid: Walmart and Cracker Barrel unless you want to listen to your kids hassle you to buy them stuff for hours on end!” Read our recent feature on Mandell.
Mandell: My son, Rex, is a fanatic about airplanes. We’ve been talking about this museum for months. It was so exciting to finally make it there knowing we’d get to see a real Concorde and Air Force One. Even better, they had a Stearman and a Gee Bee! If you don’t have a kid who loves airplanes, this won’t mean much to you, but they are truly, beautiful works of art that fly. Rex’s enthusiasm has gotten all of us excited about planes, even my daughter, Della.
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