Literary guidance: Musician Chris Campanelli communes with poetic greats in new song cycle


Chris Campanelli has played in The Hill & Wood and Nettles, and led his own band, Camp Christopher. He debuts his untitled song cycle at New Dominion Bookshop on Saturday at 7pm. In his evocation of classic literary themes, Campanelli says he’s “trying to draw out the grandeur of what can feel really mundane and petty.” Photo by Amy and Jackson Smith

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