Back in their teenage years, cousins and music artists Top Suzara and Bolichie Suzara used to play in a band for fun—dabbling in 1960s rock ‘n’ roll and learning the ropes of songwriting and playing instruments as they went along. But they eventually went their separate ways: Top would go on to become one of the vocalists of the 1990s pop band Freestyle; Bolichie would play bass for the bands First Circle and Artstart. And while their desire to create music together never went away, the opportunity simply wasn’t there.
And then came the COVID-19 pandemic. “Even if we were cousins, our schedules simply didn’t sync. We didn’t have a chance to do projects together. But last year, l…
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