Rae Isla, Traveling Bard
It's the little details. She loves playing rummy with grandma.
Years Beers Her Tears was the first time I ran into Rae Isla. It was at least two months ago but it feels like I have known her my whole life. It was a tip from Ali Angel that sent me to Rae and I will be forever grateful. I have seen reels of them jamming and rehearsing together and I dearly hope they do a duet or similar soon. A show in London would be very welcome indeed.
I must have listened to this song every day of those two months and I still cannot get enough of it. It's cool, happy, sad – even tragic – and it riffs on gender identity in so many interesting ways that I lost count.
It's a catchy tune, but those lyrics. Sometimes people tell me it is my attraction to lyrics, to the story, and what they might say about the artist, that differentiates my writing from others. I don't know, I'm not the right person to tell you, but I absolutely recommend Rae Isla to absolutely everyone who likes Americana. And everyone who doesn't.
