Rainbow Ruckus 10/27: Adeem the Artist, Emma Jean Oakley, Aaron Lee Tasjan, and More!
This week's Rainbow Ruckus playlist features Christians for Goliath, getting older, toxic exes, relentless optimism, and healing warmth.
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- Adeem the Artist readies the release of their upcoming album Christians for Goliath (December 4 via Thirty Tigers.) The first single, "Hard to Get," captures the album's thesis: what does it mean when people espouse one ideology while their actions directly contradict it? If you're near Knoxville and Asheville, you can catch the album release show on December 11 in Newport, TN
- Emma Jean Oakley approaches the inevitable with a certain amount of sanguine detachment. On "gettin' older" the singer-songwriter reflects on the lessons she's learned about humility, relying on other people, and learning how to take things just a little bit easier – the driving groove reminding us that the future happens anyway.
- With "Can't Leave You Alone," Denitia gives us a waltz for the one who got away. Denitia's voice soars as she questions just what exactly it is that keeps her coming back to a love that just doesn't feel the same way.
- Aaron Lee Tasjan refuses to be brought down. With "Good Luck Now!" Tasjan espouses his life philosophy: no matter what happens, choose joy – because suffering will come to us all from time to time. The buoyant song and toe-tapping groove will keep you pumped – come what may.
- If you didn't get enough of Rachel Sage's album Canopy (one of my favorites of last year), Sage released an acoustic version a few weeks ago. On this take of "Colorized World," Sage's exhortation to let our light shine is accompanied by a string quartet that provides a rich warmth to a composition that is already restorative.
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