Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love?

AlbumApr 14 / 202313 songs, 52m 7s94%
Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk Chamber Folk
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On her brutally honest debut album, the Chicago singer-songwriter takes folk music and bends it to her will, exploring agony and adoration in equal measure.

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On her debut album, the Chicago multi-hyphenate explores trust, privileges of love and the cruelty of death. Read our review here.

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The first song recorded by Bessie Smith, the Empress of the Blues, is 1923's "Downhearted Blues." It starts with Smith pining after unrequit...

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Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love? by Kara Jackson review: pretty top-notch from the former US National Youth Poet Laureate

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