Hear the Best New Folk Music with Fresh Cuts Friday
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I needed a minute after I first heard this new Rose song, which appears on her upcoming Conditions Of Love – Vol 1 (out March 14). It’s dedicated to her friend and fellow musician Koady Chaisson. Tragically, Koady, founding member of PEI’s The East Pointers, died in January 2022 from a previously unknown health condition. Rose’s song is an extremely moving and emotional tribute.
Calling all Jayhawks fans: your man has returned with new music! Founding member Gary Louris’ upcoming Dark Country (out February 14) features “Getting Older.” According to GL, “‘Getting Older’ is a song about that gray area of a relationship…it’s neither awful nor transcendent, neither loving nor abusive. It’s about the courage it may take to extricate oneself from that relationship to pursue true happiness, knowing life is too short to settle for anything less.”
One of my favorite up and comers is Kora Feder and I am flipping out about her new song “Rambling Man.” Kora’s about to release her second album Some Kind of Truth (out March 18) which “moves with tenderness and unmoored nostalgia; holding on to childhood friendships and letting go of aging’s expectations.” The song “Rambling Man” is “about self confidence as quiet rebellion. It’s about gender and beauty standards, about the feeling of achieving freedom from expectation and self-suppression. It’s the kind of song that can fuel a solo drive or inspire barefoot dance sessions in the kitchen. I hope that it is as empowering to listen to as it was to make.”
The Lumineers, “Same Old Song”
The biggest folk band in the world, The Lumineers, have a new album coming out. Automatic (out February 14) features the anthemic “Same Old Song,” which sounds like it was meant to be blasted live on their home turf (AKA Red Rocks).
