SOFIA GOODMAN

Even if a fire hadn’t destroyed her flat in Boston, Sofia Goodman would have made her mark as. one of the most promising young drummers, composers, and bandleaders of our time. But it did, and if that had anything to do with the excellence that she has already achieved, well, let it burn. Goodman remembers the day well. “I was there when the fire started,” she says. “I only had time to run out with my cymbal bag, my snare drum, and my computer, just hoping for the best. It was like, ‘If I don’t die here, what are the things I’ll want to do?’ And what I wanted to do was to play music.” At the time, affordable rent brought Goodman to Nashville to live with some friends where she could practice and play often. Goodman thought she would eventually move to New read more...