
Erin Rae
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Erin Rae Talks Exploring New Sounds On 'Putting On Airs' & Working With John Paul White | Newport Folk 2019
Tennessee native Erin Rae has been on a roll lately and is grateful for it all. The catalyst seems to have come from, at least in part, her latest album, 2018's Putting On Airs, with she recorded with a small team in a remote monetary-turned-creative-workspace in Wisconsin.
Reflecting on the collaborative process, she reveals it has helped her hear sounds differently, saying, "For me, it was a jumping off point into this new creative realm."
The album was released on Florence, Ala.-based indie label, Single Lock Records, which Rae was signed to earlier that year. GRAMMY-winning singer/songwriter John Paul White, who runs the company, met Rae at a show in Florence, which she was opening for now-labelmate The Kernal.
From the "surreal" moment of connecting and working with White to playing her first-ever Newport Folk about a year later, the Recording Academy caught up with the powerful vocalist/lyrist at the festival to hear about it firsthand.
"It's my first Newport and I've been having the best time. It's special for so many reasons," Rae said, smiling. Check out the rest of Rae's Newport Folk Festival interview above.
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