The Decemberists kick off Lin-Manuel Miranda's new 'Hamilton' project with an educati
 

The Decemberists kick off Lin-Manuel Miranda's new 'Hamilton' project with an educational jam
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It seems the potential of Hamilton knows no bounds.

On Thursday, Lin-Manuel Miranda announced "The Hamildrops," a new project where Miranda will release new Hamilton content every month until Dec. 2018. and now we have the first Hamildrop release.

The Decemberists kicked off the project by releasing a recording of "Ben Franklin's Song," which creator Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote but didn't end up including in his beloved musical.*

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In a post on their website, the Portland indie rock band said Miranda reached out to frontman Colin Meloy to request his help and together they turned the lyrics into a kick-ass, educational jam. Read more...

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