Redwing Blackbird

 

And this week's new song (and the final color from Colors & Covers) is...

There's a line in this song about being taken by surprise, and "Redwing Blackbird" (the song itself) took me by surprise. I had envisioned a different direction for this one, but it changed up on me. Instead of being a bit of a downer, it grew into something a little sweeter. For it's about being swept up into a beautiful moment--maybe that moment is something you've seen a thousand times but has never ceased to... take you by surprise. The kind of moment that causes you to hold your breath, trying to slow the sand in the hourglass. Trying to live in that beauty a little longer.

This is the sixteenth song on the album and the final song introduction for awhile. (Because I need to go write some more. :) )

So in case I don't have a chance to say it later, I wish you all a very merry Christmas.

Thank you for sticking with me through another year of stories and songs. For sharing your stories, your smiles and tears, your heart... with me.


Thank you for being my redwing blackbirds...

All the love,
Brittany Jean

 

Sand

 
 

"Blessed are those whose strength is in you,
Whose hearts are set on pilgrimage."
Psalm 84:5

Every song I write is like a piece of me, but this one...
For about a year, I found myself reading Psalm 84 every morning. The first morning, I thought it was beautiful, and then... I was reading it every day. Because I wanted to claim the heart of it as my own and feel it echo in my very bones. 

Within those many readings, "Sand" started to drift into the corners of my mind--the walk across a never-ending, dusty desertland, homesickness for a place I've never been, faith that the promises are true, the doorway, the house...  

Maybe it'll drift into someone else's thoughts now, too...

And to the wayfaring wanderer: I know a place of blue water...

This is "Sand."

~Brittany Jean

Redwood

(Colors & Covers is out in the wild now, but there are still a few colors to introduce!)

This week's single was inspired by one of my favorite places I've ever been...

 
 

No, actually...
Yep, the redwood forest is it.
Favorite place.
I hope the road takes me back there...

You can find “Redwood” on Spotify, Apple Music, Pandora… all of the places!

Golden Hour Music Video 🎥

 
 

You are golden hour...

Hey, hey, there is a brand new music video out today for Golden Hour!! 🌻

It was a true joy to work with Jordyn Dunseath and Grantland Walker on this project, and I’m so excited to share it with you now. I hope you all enjoy it! You can watch it right here, and if you like it, please share it with someone who makes your life golden.

Jordyn, thank you for capturing the hopeful-heart of this song in such a sweet story (and also for introducing me/us to some beautiful places on the Oregon Coast that I would like to return to immediately, please). You are golden and brilliant at what you do.

And Grant, thank you for producing this music video, for organizing this whole adventure, and for helping me to be brave--this video would not be without you!

Here's hoping for many more such projects in the future...

-Brittany

The Mirror Go Machine II: Lavender Skies

 
 

Oh, man, I had so much fun writing a sequel!

Early in the writing, my niece happened to see the storyboard sticky notes covering every inch of my little green desk, and specifically she noticed one that said: The machine breaks down

"The Mirror Go Machine breaks down--what?! That can't happen!!"

So first of all, the fact that she or anyone cares about my Mirror Go Machine enough to care if it breaks down in Alaska... fills this songwriter's heart up to the clouds.

"Is it going to stay broken?" she asked.

I smiled.

"Well, you'll just have to listen to the song…"

Listen to Lavender Skies here!

 

Aaaaand… there’s a new music video headed your way on Monday—November 6!

Colors & Covers releases next Friday—November 10th!
(One more week to pre-order and get a first-out-of-the-box, signed copy!)

~Brittany Jean

 
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