Rise Up Music Project

Cousin Wolf is the indie-folk music project of Matt Halvorson, a musician, writer and infielder living with his family in the woods north of Seattle. He is sharing a new song on the first of every month again this year, and his song for today is called “Annunciation Day.” The title was suggested last August by a family member in Minnesota after the shooting at Annunciation Catholic School, but it took a little while for the song to come together. Featuring Anna Soltys on backing vocals and Joey Spilberg on bass (thank you!). I love you. Rise up.

Josh Jensen is a singer-songwriter from Seattle, WA. His honeyed vocals and fingerstyle guitar accompany a wide range of what he dubs as PNW Americana stylings that make up his music.

“It’s Alright” is a love song with “rise up” elements sprinkled in throughout. The song is performed on an acoustic guitar in Open G tuning and features mandolin from Matthew O’Toole. Mr. O’Toole also plays mandolin and bass on Josh’s recent album, This Is Where We Landed, available on LP and everywhere you stream music.

Andy Circus is the more spell-able stage name of Aidan Gscheidle, a Pennsylvania-based artist, activist, and dog dad. His song for today is called “Egg Mode Engaged.” He is proud that he got the word cardamom into a song.

Illuminated Horizons is a lament for our collective loss of compassion, virtue and humanity, while still yearning for a distant horizon on fire. A place where our higher selves have an opportunity to emerge.

Carolyn Fingyrs is the dreamlike psychedelic stage persona of St. Louis-based shapeshifter and spaghetti enthusiast Nick Johnson. They will be releasing a new song on the 19th of every month this year. Please oblige them with the benefit of your listening ear as you partake in the pre-master version of their track “Ketamine Kyle”