We premiere the video for Canoe – the second single from the forthcoming release from Floramay Holliday.

The track is from the forthcoming collaborative release between Floramay Holliday and members of Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, including the late Brad Houser (New Bohemians) who passed in 2023.   The album – Song To Myself  – will be released on Roseneath Records on 17th May 2024.

Of the single, Floramay tells us: “Canoe was written one evening when I was late for dinner on the lake, paddling furiously in my red canoe to get there in time for the blessing. But the muse stopped me suddenly to take in the moment, and this song jumped in the boat. Years later, I had the honor of recording it at Kessler Sound Studio in Dallas, with New Bohemians Kenny Withrow, John Bush, and the late, great, Brad Houser. It was a dream come true, and we created a groove that is perfect for the song. Hope you like it!”

Canoe was recorded in the fall of 2021, after connecting through old friends. Holliday and Kenny Withrow (guitars), Brad Houser (bass) John Bush (drums) and Matt Hubbard (organ), best known for his work with Willie Nelson and 7 Walkers, holed up at Kessler Sound Studios in Dallas, TX, for an epic string of recording sessions with engineer Jim King. Also featured as special guests were Gabor Racz (harmonica), James Ervin (guitar), the legendary Milo Deering (pedal steel), and others.

While recorded before Hearts Have Wings, her newest collaborative effort and sixth studio release on Roseneath Records, Song To Myself (featuring members of New Bohemians) is finally set to see the light of day in May of 2024.  With the recent passing of Brad Houser, founding member of Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, the fruits born from this heartfelt and endearing musical partnership are sadly both bitter and sweet, but perhaps more relevant, and the effort behind sharing the music, even more vital. 

Floramay’s music, her songs, and her sometimes tender lyricism, is as good a medicine as anyone could ask for when grieving the loss of a friend and musical companion. As one of Houser’s close friends and colleagues, Edie Brickell, poignantly states: “Floramay and the New Bohemians make beautiful music together. I’m so glad Brad got to shine on this soulful album before he left this world. It’s a gift to us all.”

In the end, sixteen new songs were recorded and the album was then mixed and mastered by Hearts Have Wings producer Will Holland (Pixies, Dead Can Dance) at Chillhouse Studios in Boston, MA.  At the time of Brad Houser’s passing, Floramay and the band were making release and tour plans for the upcoming album drop, and of course, sadly those plans will never come to fruition with the original cast.  Lucky for us, and especially for the friends, family, and band mates of the late Austin, TX music legend, we have the music that is left behind.

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