"Simply Said" is out today - two versions! ✨

Hello, friends!

We’re two weeks out from the release of Conversations with My Other Voice and I have one last single for you today! She’s called “Simply Said,” and she’s a meditation on what is mine to carry and what is not. For this video, I did a solo live performance at Sound Emporium, the legendary Nashville studio where I made the album. What a pleasure to return to this sacred space.

Read more about the song and video here in the Music Mecca premiere/interview! Jerry Roe shot the video; Justin Francis recorded and mixed the audio, Dan Shike mastered it. Assistant engineering by Skyler Chuckry.

Conversations is a back-and-forth between a younger version of me, and me now; it pairs five songs from who I used to be with five songs written in response, from here. “Simply Said” is one of the original songs and one that I love dearly. It was written at my brother’s house in a very transitional season of life, during which the song served as a light in the dark. I tell the full story in the essay collection I’ve written to accompany the album, Conversations with My Other Voice: Essays. The book comes with a download of the album, and both will be released on September 23rd.

For the album track, I invited eight women in the Nashville music community to join me on the refrain. We tracked these vocals during a lunar eclipse, a night I will never forget. Please enjoy the beautiful harmonies of Sally Jaye, Alicia Witt, Cynthia Cárdenas, Stephanie Jacques, Anna Haas, Kat Jones, Samantha Frances, and Amoretta Layne.

✨This album is almost here. Please pre-save it!

✨The official album release show is on September 28th, at the OG Basement here in Nashville! I’m thrilled to report that Jaimee Harris will be opening the show. I’ll have signed copies of the book, too! Please join us.

That’s it for now! Huge love and appreciation to you for your attention and support. I hope you enjoy the new song! Talk to you in two weeeeeeks!

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