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James Ellis Ford made his new album from a hospital room

NPR | By Rob Schmitz,
Henry Larson
Published August 15, 2026 at 6:04 PM EDT

James Ellis Ford's new album Lost In Another World tells a story of survival and imagination. He made it from his hospital room during cancer treatment.

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