Lauren Lazin

executive producer and director of “Sometimes When We Touch”

Lauren Lazin on KCRW

The new documentary “Sometimes When We Touch” explores the rise of soft rock during the 1970s and 1980s.

Encore: How 1970s saccharine soft rock influenced early hip-hop

The new documentary “Sometimes When We Touch” explores the rise of soft rock during the 1970s and 1980s.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

The new documentary “Sometimes When We Touch” explores the rise of soft rock during the 1970s and 1980s.

How 1970s saccharine soft rock influenced early hip-hop

The new documentary “Sometimes When We Touch” explores the rise of soft rock during the 1970s and 1980s.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

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