Jenn Rawling's third record 'Golden Colors' was captured 'do it yourself' style with musical friends in Durango, CO, where they transformed a small house into a recording studio.
Co produced with Awna Teixeira of Po Girl and Inaiah Lujan of In/planes, 'Golden Colors' is an offering of beauty and healing to the broken world. It honors those who are trying to bring balance, resist, and forge another way forward. 'Golden Colors' illuminates the high and lows- heartbreak, renewal, connection, betrayal, and ultimately transforms these states into big love and the devotion to continue. This record will leave you spellbound- handwoven to the dream of another reality.
Jenn composes highly melodic songs from fascinating scraps of images and phrases, singing them with a vibrant, immediately engaging yodel-edged alto. Her poetic lyrics are enhanced by her sophisticated sense of phrasing and pace. Her work binds people back to the web of life, reconnects us to the land, and celebrates the continuance of human, animal, plant, and elemental relationships.
“A rare songwriter whose varied and distinctive melodies trace the calls of birds and the motion of honey bees. Her songs don't connect the dots- they leap, and the intuitive connections she makes are so true that she takes us with her. “ Andrew Calhoun, Waterbug Records
“Rawling's songs contain striking details, offering intricate shadows within acoustic, open-faced honesty.” Ned Lannamann, The Portland Mercury
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