OTHER ISSUES MMVV: 2015

BRUSHY ONE STRING

When filmmaker Luciano Blotta walked out of a rural Jamaican recording studio, way off the beaten path of tourists and music hounds, he saw something wildly unusual: a man with an instrument. Even more surprising, the instrument in question—a battered but resonant acoustic guitar—had only one string. Blotta had encountered BRUSHY ONE STRING (born Andrew Chin), son of a musical family who despite his challenging life had a seemingly innate ability to inspire.