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Photos: James Mercer of the Shins at the MFA
Hosted by WFNX | January 26, 2012
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SAM LIANG
| February 3, 2012
James Mercer of the Shins performs at a WFNX Acoustic session at the Museum of Fine Arts on January 26, 2012.
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