Not Every Singer Is Here to Start the Party

Jazz chanteuse Risa Branch on animal-rights activism, switching genres, and the healing power of music

Camille DeAngelis
Nov 3 · 8 min read
Photo: Alex Logaiski

don’t know any jazz singers apart from you,” I tell Risa Branch as we peruse the dinner menu at Farmacy Kitchen, a pop-up vegan restaurant in SoHo. “You’re a kind of time traveler.” She may look like a 21st-century…

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Camille DeAngelis

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Authoress: LIFE WITHOUT ENVY (“a self-help book that’s actually helpful”) and assorted fantasy novels. http://bit.ly/cometparty

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