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Sam Shin is mostly known around town as the Cello man who gives amazing hugs. Sam is classically trained and has taken that skill and applied it to almost any genre of music. He collaborates with many different musical acts around town including Sailor Jane and the Swell Acoustics and more recently with Alex Peramas, Bret Blackshear, and Colton McKenna amongst many many others- too many to name in fact. When the idea of STArt Now first started Sam was one of the first to volunteer his time and ideas while opening the doors to what it is really like for a gigging musician. He has always championed the mental health of artisans and is currently working with STArt Now to develop a way to keep our town’s artists and musicians’ minds happy. Sam’s newest passionate venture is playing with Ryan Mahon at Now & Zen for Steffanie Mahon’s New Moon yoga class, but you can still catch Sam and his positive energy downtown on Saturdays from 9 pm to midnight at Barley Republic for Sam Shin and Friends. Website photo credit Tucker Joenz