For those unaware, Jennie Arnau’s face lights up when talking about her new album, her first since 2009’s Chasing Giants. Her comeback record, A Rising Tide, fuses world-weary understanding with an overwhelming tenderness that pierces the heart.

She takes her time across 14 songs to tell her story - one of great resilience and determination. Her voice ricochets like a pebble on a pond as she processes frustration and impenetrable sadness over her mother’s death.

With A Rising Tide, she brings together some of her talented friends to share the spotlight. Across the record you will find many of the industry’s most sought-after players, such as: Pete Levin (The Highwomen, Mavis Staples) on keyboards, Jacob Jolliff (Yonder Mountain String Band, Bela Fleck) on mandolin, Alan Lerner (The Zen Tricksters) on drums, Mike Savino (Tall Tall Trees) on banjo, Skip ward (Steve Martin, Tony Trischka) on bass, Dap King Binky Griptite (Amy Winehouse, Sharon Jones) on guitars, and Greg McCullen (Chris and Trixie Whitley) on pedal steel and guitar.

1. Oceans Rise
2. Countryman
3. Sail Away
4. Mabel
5. Young & Alone
6. The King
7. Hold On
8. Simple Man
9. One if by Land
10. Back to Carolina
11. Heaven in Her Eyes
12. Better Luck Next Time
13. Every Raindrop
14. Sunshine

This healthy dose of Americana with an inviting twist opens on the rhythmically pleasurable Oceans Rise, the jubilant vibe of Countryman and the gently emotive Sail Away and then we get brought forth the soft ebb and flow of Mabel, the languishing ballad Young & Alone and both the liberating The King and the quietly driven Hold On.

Along next is the euphonic Simple Man, the impassioned One if by Land and the measured Back to Carolina, and they are in turn backed seamlessly by the sentimentally focused Heaven in Her Eyes, the stirring Better Luck Next Time, the set rounding out on the burning embers of Every Raindrop, coming to a close on the playfully noted, yet rousing Sunshine.

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