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Brothers coming to South Burlington
By Katie Robichaud
News Editor
Photo by Taylor Crothers
(From left) Zac Hanson, 22, Taylor Hanson, 25, and Isaac Hanson, 27, of the band Hanson, will play at Higher Ground in South Burlington on Wednesday, April 23. The brothers are promoting their new album, “The Walk.”
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Every article about Hanson seems to bring the band right
back to that bubble gum pop image. They are pictured with their long blond hair, singing “MMMBop” as adoring young girls hang on to their every word, screaming frantically and asking, “Taylor, will you marry me?”
Since then more than decade has passed, and the Hanson
brothers have grown up, recorded three more studio albums and have become involved in research for AIDS in Africa.
While writing and recording their latest album, “The Walk,” Hanson and some close friends visited South Africa. During the visit, they were inspired by their friends’ work and wanted to educate themselves about Africa, Isaac Hanson said.
Last November they revisited South Africa with representatives from TOMS Shoes, a company that donates a pair of shoes to a child in need with every purchase. Hanson and TOMS Shoes delivered 50,000 shoes last November to children in South Africa.
The brothers are married and started families of their own. (Well almost, Zac is expecting his first child this May.) Much has changed in the past 11 years, but Hanson is still on the musical path it has always been on. Currently, the brothers are on the third leg of their tour for “The Walk,” and will be in South Burlington at Higher Ground on Wednesday, April 23. After the tour, Hanson will be working on its next album and hopes to have a new record out next year.
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