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Photos: Yellowbirds Album Release Party at Lily Pad

Yellowbirds | Lilly Pad | February 26, 2011

By ANDREW MCFARLAND | March 1, 2011

Yellowbirds CD Release Party at Lily Pad
Photo: Â ANDREW MCFARLAND

Sam Cohen's (Apollo Sunshine) newÂ music project Yellowbirds,Â celebrated the release of full-length albumThe Color at Lily Pad on September 26, 2011.
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