Making a Scene Presents an Interview with The Gated Community

The Gated Community is a Minneapolis-based country and bluegrass band with a mission and a pulse. Formed in 2006 by South Asian-American Yale graduate, political activist, and University of Minnesota music theory professor Sumanth Gopinath, the band has been described as “Americana to fight fascism” (Adobe & Teardrops)—a line that captures both their sound and their purpose. They blend folk, bluegrass, and country traditions with a raw rock edge, pairing tight harmonies and roots instrumentation with lyrics that confront the world as it is, not as we wish it were.

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