Nora Jane Struthers & The Party Line on Tue, April 14, 2015

Nora Jane Struthers has written “some of the most quietly powerful narratives within the new wave of Americana artists.” Ann Powers, NPR Music

I am living in a dream when I wake
You are my bright shining star you guide the way …

Wake. The evocative one-word title speaks volumes about what’s happening on Nora Jane Struthers’ latest album. For the thirty-year old singer-songwriter, it’s “wake” in several senses of the word. There’s the trail of a life and career behind her, the slipstream of lessons learned. There’s the quiet observance and letting go of who she has been up until now as both an artist and a person. And most of all, there’s the stirring of something new, an opening of a door and wide-eyed rush forward into a place of discovery and dizzying possibilities. And it’s all set to a soundtrack that resonates with the warm uplift of the first day of spring.