PhotoThe day after Donald Trump was elected, the songwriter Gabriel Kahane decided to go on a listening tour: crisscrossing America by train and talking to as many people as he could. Mr. Kahane has built a career where classical music, musical theater and art-song pop meet, alongside occasional collaborators like Sufjan Stevens, Shara Worden (My Brightest Diamond) and Andrew Bird. Sign Up You agree to receive occasional updates and special offers for The New York Times's products and services. View all New York Times newsletters. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyHe finds comedy in a widow’s online dating stories and quiet grief in other passengers’ tales of loss.

Source: New York Times December 01, 2017 17:36 UTC