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8. Goodbye, Hotel Arkada – MARY LATTIMORE (Ghostly International) « "There's a big old hotel there called the Hotel Arkada, and you could tell it had been hosting holiday-goers for decades in a great way," Lattimore explained in in a statement. "I walked around the lobby and the empty ballrooms, and it looked like a well-worn, well-loved place. My friend Stacey who lives there told me to 'Say goodbye to Hotel Arkada, it might not be here when you get back,' and I heard soon after that it was actually going to be renovated in a very crisp, modern way." She continued, "When I think of these songs, I think about fading flowers in vases, melted candles, getting older, being on tour and having things change while you're away, not realizing how ephemeral experiences are until they don't happen anymore, fear for a planet we're losing because of greed, an ode to art and music that's really shaped your life that can transport you back in

09. Why Does The Earth Gives Us People to Love – KARA JACKSON (September Recordings) « Born and raised in Chicago, Jackson got her first guitar for her 11th birthday and learned to play piano: “My mom had a rule that we had to play piano before we left the house at 18.” Raised on Jim Croce and Charley Pride, Jackson fell in love with folk music as a child. “Folk has a big history of political commentary,” says the 23-year-old. “My mom works for a labour union so I learned a lot of my favourite folk songs from protesting with her. Pete Seeger [and others].” Nina Simone and Joni Mitchell, she says, are the “blueprints”. » ( από συνέντευξη στη guardian) Και έτσι, αθόρυβα και χωρίς καν να το σκεφτώ παραπέρα, το άλμπουμ αυτό είναι το ντεμπούτο της χρονιάς. Δεν έπαιξα ούτε ένα τραγούδι του όταν κυκλοφόρησε στις εκπομπές. Δεν μίλησα γι’ αυτό παρά μόνο πριν από λίγες μέρες. Κι όμως το ακούω σπίτι αρκετά. Από την πρώτη στιγμή ήρθε σαν βροχή μέσα στη ζέστη/σαν το πρωινό ξύπνημα από ένα