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Relevant Discourse: Lucky Dragons

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Lucky Dragons live show combines atmospheric meditative songs with live audience interaction. The performance looks and sounds a bit like a pow wow, but once you participate it becomes a whole new experience. The live show has a different feel to their recordings. The live show feels more like a family is contributing to the energy of the songs, whereas the records focus on the music and the atmospheric experience of listening. Sarah Rara said that the band’s live performances are created with the idea that they should “generate equal power-sharing situations between members of the audience and ourselves.” This technique was described as “radical” as it was said to “encourage connections between show-goers over the standard-issue connection between a band and their creation and the audience’s emotions”If you ever get a chance to see them live, go!