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Leah Scarpelli

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I'm producer-director at @TexasStandard and grad student at @UTJSchool, originally from Western Maryland. I ride an orange Triumph. I live with Harry the cat.
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Tribute album looks to help save Mexia home of hit-making songstress Cindy Walker

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By Leah Scarpelli Verified
| Texas Standard Verified
On a quiet street on the outskirts of Mexia sits a modest, two-story white house. It’s in obvious need of repair: the paint is chipping and the eaves are collapsing. Lindsay Lipman meets me to take a tour. Lipman’s a longtime journalist, originally from Mexia herself, who helped start a foundation to preserve the story of the town’s most prominent celebrity: singer and songwriter, Cindy Walker. While she may not be a household name, Walker’s fame lies with the ubiquity of her songs.
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Austin author’s debut novel ‘Swiped’ highlights the bumbling world of modern dating

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By Leah Scarpelli Verified
| Texas Standard Verified
The early pandemic years are often noted as a time of isolation. But for Paula Rogers, they were a time to explore the nature of relationships and connections through her web comic, “Blind Data.” It was a project she says she had a lot of material to source from. “I had been using dating apps for a while and getting frustrated and feeling like it wasn’t a good use of my time,” Rogers said.
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‘He’s in everything I do’: Amid tragedy, visions of his son underpin Ben Kweller’s new album

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By Leah Scarpelli Verified
| KUT-FM (Austin, TX) Verified
Ben Kweller has been playing music most of his life, reaching the kind of success most artists only dream of before he was even out of his teens. That musicianship and raw talent would be passed down to his two sons, Dorian and Judah – so much so that the family planned a summer tour with 16-year-old Dorian, who performed under his middle name Zev, opening for his father, and 13-year old Judah working the merch table.
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