Beyond The Fray by Cassandra Violet

so, it's been like FOREVER since i've last shared some good tunes with you all outside of my book playlists. and honestly, i really ought to be hiding in my writing cave, finishing up a book i'm under deadline for. but! i still get emails from artists and bands all the time, so maybe i'll have to find some time to pass along some of the stuff i get with you all still.

to make a long story short (haha), i hopped on the computer tonight all ready to get back to work when i got an email from somebody claiming to be a big fan of mine who wanted me to have a listen to their music. um, well, i honestly have no idea if she's an actual fan of my books or not (haha), but i did hop on over to her soundcloud link to have a listen (which, for some reason, did not work on my computer) so I threw chance to the wind and downloaded the song.

and guys . . . i totally dig it. and her.

ANYWAY. here are the deets:

cassandra viole t is an angeleno native (represent!) who has a indie-folk feel to her music that reminds me in a weird way of a modern mash-up between joni mitchell (ahhh, joni) with a little bit of nanci griffith and/or lucy kaplansky . or maybe that's just me? long time you readers, you will immediately see why my ears perked up, because there are clap/stomps in beyond the fray . i do love me some clap/stomps something fierce. had violet thrown in a banjo, i might have just clapped like a seal.




fingers crossed that you can get the soundcloud to work better than i . . .


  

i headed over to violet's bandcamp site to have a listen to the rest of the EP beyond the fray is from and kind of sort of (okay REALLY) fell in love with sail the ocean . sa-woon. this song will definitely be in my rotation, friends. i obviously ran straight to iTunes and bought it. and i might just be writing to it tonight.

<a href="http://cassandraviolet.bandcamp.com/a... the Fray by Cassandra Violet</a>


i'd love to be your widow
i'd love to be your wife
and i'd abandon my home in the middle on the night
though i know in my bones
that it's just not right
i'd sail the ocean

violet will be releasing the beyond the fray EP, along with a brand spankin' new video for the single, on march 28th. she'll also be having a show over at the sublime hotel cafe here in LA on the same night at 9pm. i'm bummed i'll miss it, but i'll be on a secret trip to research a book i'm working on!



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