I’m extremely excited to announce that my third album, Acadia, will be released on October 4th via Nonesuch Records. Virga, the first single from Acadia, is out now on all streaming platforms and YouTube! Please take a listen to it and let me know what you think!
I will be signing the first 150 LPs and the first 50 CDs that are pre-ordered through my web store. You can pre-order Acadia here!
I’m so proud to finally present Acadia to y’all. It’s my most sonically expansive work to date and features an array of accomplished musicians and friends including Immanuel Wilkins on saxophone, Aoife O’Donovan and Darlingside on vocals, Marcus Gilmore on drums, Kaki King and William Tyler on guitar, Dom Flemons on bones, and more artists who played phenomenally. I played several instruments on the album, including, but not limited to, many kinds of guitars, calabash drum, kora, and banjo. The sonic world of the album ranges from classically minded folk music to full rock with jazz influences and everything in between.
The first single from the album, Virga, features Darlingside, who’s music NPR describes as “exquisitely arranged, literary-minded baroque folk-pop” on vocals and experimental multi-instrumentalist Rich Ruth on synth. This song is the first I’ve ever released that includes lyrics. I hope y’all take a listen to it and let me know what you think!