Revisiting the New York Times Magazine music issue, I found I’d missed this article. Band of Outsiders — as someone who’s long been fascinated by outsider art and who never misses a chance to visit the Musée de l’Art Brut whenever I’m anywhere near Lausanne, I should’ve considered there might be outsider music as well, especially because I had heard the Innocence and Despair (Langley School Project) CD and, like this essayist, found it arresting.
