Tag: Natalie Padilla

LISTEN: Low Lily, “Where We Belong”

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Artist: Low Lily
Hometown: Brattleboro, Vermont
Song: “Where We Belong”
Album: Angels in the Wreckage
Release Date: April 21, 2023

In Their Words: “This is a love song — I wrote the lyrics for Flynn [Cohen] and he wrote the music to it. It’s as close as we’ll ever get to being a sappy folk couple. It was great when we pulled Natalie [Padilla] in on the fiddle and harmony vocals — it gave the song the energy we were looking for. The ‘we’re still here’ line can also be interpreted as a post-pandemic declaration as musicians, as in: ‘We haven’t gone anywhere and somehow we’re still doing this, for better or for worse!’ And it’s true — as hard as it has been through the pandemic to do what we do, we are back with the longest album of music we’ve ever released, and we feel like it is our most personal work yet.” — Liz Simmons, Low Lily

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LISTEN: Natalie Padilla, “Balsamroot”

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Artist: Natalie Padilla
Hometown: Northampton, Massachusetts
Song: “Balsamroot”
Album: Montana Wildflower
Release Date: March 31, 2023
Label: Heartseed Music

In Their Words: “The first tune in this two-tune set is titled ‘Pasqueflower’ and was written as I was recovering from an intense second case of Covid in May of 2022, about one month before Montana Wildflower was recorded. I had barely enough energy to play my fiddle after multiple days stuck in bed, and this tune came as I stared in a daze at a tiny white spider on the table. The original title was ‘Barndance for a Spider.’ However, for this album, all the original tunes have been named or renamed after Montana wildflowers, so I settled on the pasqueflower. They are among the first to emerge each spring, sometimes even popping up through the snow as delicate purple flowers, rising only a few inches from the ground with fuzzy white stems. The second tune, ‘Balsamroot Reel,’ is an ode to one of my most favorite past dwellings, a little red cottage in bright, sunny Lyons, Colorado. The only thing I recall about the writing of this tune is that it was written in the kitchen, and I sure did like that kitchen. Balsamroot is an abundant bright yellow flower that can cover entire Montana mountain sides in early summer.” — Natalie Padilla

Natalie Padilla · Balsamroot

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LISTEN: Natalie Padilla, “Fireweed”

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Artist: Natalie Padilla
Hometown: Lyons, Colorado
Song: “Fireweed”
Album: Fireweed
Release Date: September 6, 2019

In Their Words: “As many of my songs do, this one started as a clawhammer banjo one-part melody. I was in Crested Butte, Colorado, with my band Masontown doing a few mountain town shows and had a bit of time to sit down with the tune on this great porch that backed right into the mountain. The pink fireweed was still blooming, but near the top of the plant which is a sign that winter is coming. This song is meant to symbolize the importance of all seasons life has to offer, even the dark ones.” — Natalie Padilla

Photo credit: Woody Meyer