Allie Paige Knows Exactly What Makes Songs Perform. She’s Trying to Ignore It

Allie Paige has mastered the mug. For the past six months, the indie singer-songwriter has been taking ceramics classes with the goal of filling her kitchen with her own work. She has moved on to bowls. Plates, she said, are still out of reach. It is a small, unhurried way to spend an afternoon for…