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Boston Globe
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Boston Globe
15 outdoor music festivals around Mass. and Rhode Island to see all summer
Where: Franklin County Fairgrounds, Greenfield When: June 20-22 Vibe: There's a sense of regional pride here, and along with touring acts with a distinct Americana/indie-rock aesthetic, the festival is a showcase for some of the top acts from Western Mass. There's local food and beer, a variety of craft vendors, and activities for kids. Advertisement Who's playing: Mt. Joy, Courtney Barnett, Waxahatchee, Kevin Morby, MJ Lenderman & the Wind, Kathleen Edwards, Torres, La Lom, Danielle Ponder, Leyla McCalla, Illuminati Hotties, Balthvs, Futurebirds, Grace Bowers & the Hodge Podge, Mark Mulcahy, Olive Klug, Ocie Elliott, Winterpills, Mister G, bobbie, Kimaya Diggs, Silvie's Okay. Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up Tickets info: Three-day pass: $218.50. Two-day pass: $169.84. Single-day pass: $110.35. Plus, VIP and camping options and discount passes for teens. Children under 12 are free. OUTLOUD Boston Where : The Stage at Suffolk Downs, Boston When: June 21 Vibe: A celebration of queer voices at a fraught political moment. Advertisement Who's playing: Kim Petras, Trixie Mattel (DJ set), Flo Milli, Rebecca Black, G Flip, Frankie Grande, Oompa, Big Body Kweeng, Hannah Rad, MATH3CA. Tickets info: General admission pit: $99.50. General admission lawn: $69.42. Plus, VIP options. Maliah Hobbs,5,(left) and her sister Maat Nazir, 3, enjoy their balloons as they play at the BAMS Fest in 2024. John Tlumacki/Globe Staff BAMS Fest Where: Franklin Park Playstead Field, Boston When: June 28 Vibe: The idea is to generate creative and economic opportunities for local artists of color, and BAMS has the feel of a vibrant block party. Along with a sampling of rap, soul, and R&B, there's a vendor village populated by Black-owned businesses, as well as an array of food trucks on Soul Food Row. Who's playing: Lalah Hathaway, Durand Bernarr, Little Brother, Mo-Phila, Amanda Shea, Cole Rodriguez, Kasia Lavon, Edo.G, Haasan Barclay, Jireh Calo, Roots Alley Collective, the Peacekeepers, DJ Deaf Tunez, DJ Whysham, DJ Bruno. Tickets info: General admission: Name your price, with a $10 minimum donation. Charles River Jazz Festival Where: Herter Park Amphitheater, Boston When: July 12 Vibe: Like a neighborhood hang where soft-sided coolers, reasonably sized strollers, lawn chairs, and even pets (on leashes) are welcome. If you're not bringing your own food, there will be local options. Who's playing: Keyon Harrold, Freelance, Christian Sands, Caio e Jess, Ivanna Cuesta, Berklee Institute of Jazz & Gender Justice Tickets info: General admission tickets are free, though registration is required for entry. There are also VIP options. Levitate Music and Arts Festival Where: Marshfield Fairgrounds, Marshfield When: July 12-13 Vibe: A family-friendly festival with jam-band leanings and a mix of national and Boston-area acts, plus live art, local artisans, activities for kids, and food trucks. Who's playing: Stick Figure, the Revivalists, Dispatch, Still Woozy, Thundercat, the Elovaters (on both days), Protoje, Dogs in a Pile, Josiah and the Bonnevilles, Mihali, Linka Moja, Tophouse, Aldous Collins, Hans Williams, Hush Club, Fai Laci. Advertisement Tickets info: Two-day general admission pass: $249. Saturday general admission tickets: $149. Sunday general admission tickets: $129. Plus, VIP and kids options. Bang on a Can: LOUD Weekend Where: Mass MoCA, North Adams When: July 31-Aug. 2 Vibe: Composers and musicians pushing the boundaries of experimental and avant-garde music, LOUD Weekend amounts to an immersive, cutting-edge exhibition in and around a world-class contemporary art museum. Who's playing: So Percussion; Bang on a Can All-Stars performing a tribute to Ryuichi Sakamoto; Michael Gordon, David Lang and Julia Wolfe; Steven Schick leading a performance of Tamar Muskal's concerto 'Facing the Automaton'; Wolf Eyes and DJ Maria Chavez; Jeffrey Brooks; Jason Treuting; Ted Hearne; Tamar Muskal; Gemma Peacocke; Trevor Weston; Vicky Chow; David Cossin; Arlen Hlusko; Nick Photinos; Todd Reynolds; Maya Stone; Ken Thomson. Tickets info: $159 in advance for a three-day pass, $189 the week of and $259 for a 'preferred' three-day pass. Sierra Ferrell will perform at the Newport Folk Festival. Nina Westervelt Newport Folk Festival Where: Fort Adams State Park, Newport, R.I. When: July 25-27 Vibe: Not as folky these days as it looked in 'A Complete Unknown,' but with a far broader array of sounds and styles in a location you can't beat, right alongside Narragansett Bay. Who's playing: Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Kenny Loggins, Public Enemy, Maren Morris, Waxahatchee, Iron & Wine, Lucius, Big Freedia, I'm With Her, Jeff Tweedy, Goose, Geese, Dehd, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Big Freedia, Margo Price, Jessica Pratt, Lukas Nelson, Michael Kiwanuka, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Mt. Joy, Nova One, Sammy Rae & the Friends, the Deslondes. Advertisement Tickets info: Sold out, but available on the secondary market. There's also a waitlist at Lowell Folk Festival Where: Downtown Lowell When: July 25-27 Vibe: Small in scale but huge in reach, this long-running festival holds true to its vision as it enters its 38th year with a mix of folk music representing cultures from around the world. Who's playing: Beausoleil avec Michael Doucet, Cécelia, Crooked Road Revival, Lil' Ed & the Blues Imperials, Los Ricos featuring Sonia & Ismael, Red Baraat, Solas, Yeison Landero. Tickets info: Free, but donations are welcome. Laufey will play the Newport Jazz Festival. Steve Benoit Newport Jazz Festival Where: Fort Adams State Park, Newport, R.I. When: Aug. 1-3 Vibe: Jazz, of course, but also hip-hop, R&B, and soul at what bills itself as 'the grandaddy of all music festivals.' Hard to argue: this year marks the 71st anniversary of the event, which returns to its scenic home along Narragansett Bay. Who's playing: The Roots; Raye; Janelle Monáe; Flying Lotus; Willow; Dianne Reeves; Jacob Collier; Jorja Smith; esperanza spalding; De La Soul; Rachael & Vilray; Preservation Hall Jazz Band; Sofi Tukker; Nubya Garcia; Bela Fleck, Edmar Castañeda, Antonion Sánchez Trio; Christian McBride Big Band; La Lom, Luis Cato, John Scofield & Marcus Miller; Ron Carter Quartet; Terence Blanchard: Flow; Cymande. Tickets info: Friday tickets: $111.24. Sunday tickets: $111.24. All other configurations are sold out, but available on the secondary market. Rhythm & Roots Festival Where: Ninigret Park, Charlestown, R.I. When: Aug. 29-31 Vibe: A showcase for the breadth of modern American roots music in a park with playgrounds for the kids and a swimming pond for everybody, with food options including Cajun, Creole, seafood, barbecue, options for vegetarians, coffee, beer, and plenty of non-alcoholic options. Advertisement Who's playing: Little Feat, Trampled by Turtles, Blackberry Smoke, Molly Tuttle, the Wood Brothers, Lettuce, Asleep at the Wheel, Steve Earle, Duane Betts & Palmetto Motel, Donna the Buffalo, Mountain Grass Unit, George Porter Jr. & Running Pardners, New Breed Brass Band, Adam Ezra Group, Joe Louis Walker's Big Band, Della Mae, Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys, Christine Ohlman & Friends. Tickets info: Three-day passes: $269.06 (without camping), $219 without camping. Friday-Saturday passes: $180.41. Saturday-Sunday passes: $184.41. Single-day passes: $102.06, Arcadia Folk Festival Where: Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary, Easthampton; Academy of Music, Northampton When: Aug. 22-23 Vibe: Like a Saturday in the woods at a bird sanctuary, with top-notch folk music for a soundtrack. For the second year, there's also a Friday night component at the Academy of Music in Northampton, this year featuring 'The Basement Tapes,' a songwriter tribute to the songs of Bob Dylan & the Band to benefit the Mass Audubon Society. Who's playing: Josh Ritter and the Royal City Band, Amy Helm, Steve Poltz, Red Baraat, Viv & Riley, BettySoo, Cloudbelly, Rachel Baiman, Jerron Paxton, Little Roots, Kissing Other Ppl, Old Hat String Band. Tickets info: Friday night: $49.86 and $38.90 after fees, Saturday general admission: $79.99 for adults, $49.99 for teens, children 10 and under are free. RPM Fest Where: Millers Falls Rod & Gun Club, Montague When: Aug. 29-31 Vibe: Loud and rugged: RPM Fest is also known as a 'Heavy Music Campout,' and tent camping is both free and encouraged, even for single-day ticket-holders. The festival features food trucks and local craft breweries. It's also all-ages, and children under 12 get in free. Advertisement Who's playing: Ghoul, Conan, Horrendous, Midnight, Royal Thunder, Starkill, Chained to the Bottom of the Ocean, Witching, Aversed, Ancient Death, Mean Mistreater, Duel, Crop, Somnuri, Flummox, Face First, Coma Hole, Morgued, Goblet, Warm, Borracho, Concrete Ties, Vantablack, Mares of Thrace, So Hideous, Carnwennan, Held Captive, VRSA, Low., Deranged Youth, Troll Milk, Slob Drop. Tickets info: Early bird weekend ticket: $125.52. Friday ticket: $45.49. Saturday ticket: $75.49. Sunday ticket: $60.49. Plus, options for vehicle and RV camping passes. Seisiún Where: The Stage at Suffolk Downs, Boston When: Sept. 6-7 Vibe: This is the first year for Who's playing: Dropkick Murphys, the Pogues, the Hold Steady, Glen Hansard, the Waterboys, Stiff Little Fingers, Lisa O'Neill, Cardinals, the Scratch, the Rumjacks, Just Mustard, Mairead, John Francis Flynn. Tickets info: Two-day bundle: $223 for general admission pit, $178 for general admission lawn. Single-day tickets: $150.99 and $123.35 for general admission pit, $118.32 and $101.49 for general admission lawn. Plus, VIP options. FreshGrass Where: Mass MoCA, North Adams When: Sept. 19-21 Vibe: Old-timey: it's a roots-revival rave-up tucked into a contemporary art museum that used to be a factory. There are jam sessions (you can bring an instrument) and musician-led workshops, as well as activities for kids. Who's playing: Greensky Bluegrass, Old Crow Medicine Show, Valerie June, Serra Hull, Alison Brown, Jaime Wyatt, Lee Fields, Catfish in the Sky, the Brothers Comatose, El Laberinto del Coco, Michael Daves & Jacob Jolliff, Mr. Sun, East Nashgrass, Mike Block Trio, Reed Fohel, Kitchen Dwellers, Sam Grisman Project & the Freshgrass Allstars, Cimafunk. Tickets info: Three day general-admission pass: $213 (adult), $153 (students) and $83 (children between 7-16). Kids 6 and under are free. New England Metal & Hardcore Festival Where: Palladium Outdoors, Worcester When: Sept. 20 Vibe: A day-long immersion in all things heavy, featuring beloved veterans (including the final show from Bury Your Dead) and up-and-coming bands. Who's playing: Lorna Shore, Cannibal Corpse, Bury Your Dead, All Out War, Madball, Bayway, the Black Dahlia Murder, Kublai Khan TX, Full of Hell, Gates of Hell, Shadow of Intent, Despised Icon, Peeling Flesh, Teeth, Vomit Forth. Tickets info: General admission: $134.16.
Yahoo
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Farm Aid to be held in Minneapolis for first time; star-studded musical lineup announced
Farm Aid, the music and food festival launched by Willie Nelson, Neil Young, and John Mellencamp, will be held in Minneapolis for the first time in its 40-year history. It was confirmed on Tuesday that the 40th anniversary of Farm Aid will take place at the home of the Gophers, Huntington Bank Stadium, on Saturday, Sept. 20. A star-studded lineup topped by Nelson, Young and Mellencamp has been confirmed for the event, which is held each year to support "family farmers, good food, soil and water, and strong communities." Other notable names on the lineup include Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds, Minnesota's own Trampled By Turtles, and indie music artist Waxahatchee, who played a packed-out gig at the Palace Theatre in St. Paul last year. Here's the lineup: Willie Nelson & Family Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts John Mellencamp Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds Trampled by Turtles Eric Burton of Black Pumas Waxahatchee Jesse Welles Madeline Edwards Billy Strings Margo Price Tickets – which will cost from $101 to $290 – go on sale this Friday at 10 a.m., but presale tickets will be available from 10 a.m. Wednesday. Click here for more. Sign up for our Minnesota Events and Concerts newsletter "Family farmers are the heart of this country, and we depend on each other for good food and strong communities,' said Willie Nelson. "For 40 years, Farm Aid and our partners have stood with farmers, supporting them to stay on their land even when corporate power, bad policies and broken promises make it harder to keep going. This year, we're proud to bring Farm Aid to Minnesota to celebrate the farmers who sustain us and to fight for a food system that works for all of us. Family farmers aren't backing down, and neither are we." As well as the music, Farm Aid will have a chance to sample a range of food "grown or raised by farmers who use ecological practices and are paid a fair price." There will also be exhibits about soil, water, energy, food, and farming.
Gulf Today
03-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Gulf Today
McRae makes authentic folk-pop the internet can't resist
As the COVID-19 vaccine began distributing more widely in early 2021, California-raised singer-songwriter Jensen McRae affectionally joked in a tweet that Phoebe Bridgers would release a song in two years about 'hooking up in the car while waiting in line to get vaccinated at Dodger Stadium.' Bridgers didn't release the song, but McRae did. As the tweet took off, she threaded a video of herself singing 'a preemptive cover.' 'Immune,' penned by McRae in Bridgers' contemplative style, was released in full within two weeks. 'It was a perfect storm,' McRae, 27, said. 'I was parodying Phoebe Bridgers who was becoming world famous in that exact moment. ... I was also writing about this topic that everyone was thinking about constantly because we were in lockdowns.' Bridgers reposted the video, writing simply: 'oh my god.' The song preluded McRae's debut EP, released in 2021, and album, in 2022, which led to touring gigs with Muna and Noah Kahan. Last year, she signed with Dead Oceans, the same record label that represents Bridgers. McRae's sophomore album, the folk-pop 'I Don't Know How, But They Found Me!,' is out Friday. The title is a reference to 'Back to The Future,' her favourite movie. It's a line of dialogue said by scientist Doc Brown just before he falls in a hail of bullets, causing protagonist Marty McFly to flee back in time in Brown's rigged DeLorean. 'At the end of the movie — which, there's no spoilers, because this movie's 40 years old — you find out (Doc) was wearing a bulletproof vest the whole time. And that to me sort of is what my 20s have been like. There are all these events that are happening that feel like they should take me out, but I just keep standing up anyway,' McRae said. 'That's kind of the narrative of the album.' Resilience has long been a motif in McRae's songwriting. Her debut album, 'Are You Happy Now?', deftly tackled sexual predators and racist microaggressions with poetic meditations on identity, love, growth and beauty. On the album's most-streamed song, the ballad 'My Ego Dies in the End,' she sings, 'If I don't write about it, was it really worth it?' 'There's this quote that I can't cite, but someone said, as a writer, you've experienced enough by the age of 25 to have writing material for the rest of your life. I don't know if everyone agrees with that statement, but I certainly do,' McRae said. It's years of practice, and reflection, that have brought clarity to those experiences. 'I Don't Know How But They Found Me!' is composed of songs McRae wrote throughout her early 20s, in the wake of one relationship and the rise and fall of another. She finished the album last spring in North Carolina with producer Brad Cook, a collaborator of Bon Iver, Waxahatchee and Suki Waterhouse. The 10 days they spent on the record, McRae said, were 'a master class.' 'Jensen flat out blew me away on every single level,' said Cook, who met McRae for the first time when she arrived for the session. 'I got a master class from her as well, frankly. Jensen's just so organized, emotionally and spiritually, it was just really easy to go where the songs needed to go.' A video of McRae singing the first verse of her song ' Massachusetts,' accrued millions of TikTok views in the fall of 2023, well before it was released in full in July 2024. While the internet's interest in 'Immune' two years prior was momentarily destabilizing ('There's a meme of Patrick (from 'SpongeBob') coming home to his rock, and there are all these eyes poking out and he goes, 'Who are you people?' That was what I felt like,' McRae says), its embrace of 'Massachusetts' was confusing for other reasons. McRae was in the process of making this album, and the snippet she shared felt separate from the narrative she was constructing. Despite an onslaught of comments from listeners asking for the full song, she considered leaving it unreleased or tabling it for much later. Associated Press
Japan Today
30-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Japan Today
Jensen McRae makes authentic folk-pop the internet can't resist
By ELISE RYAN As the COVID-19 vaccine began distributing more widely in early 2021, California-raised singer-songwriter Jensen McRae affectionally joked in a tweet that Phoebe Bridgers would release a song in two years about 'hooking up in the car while waiting in line to get vaccinated at Dodger Stadium.' Bridgers didn't release the song, but McRae did. As the tweet took off, she threaded a video of herself singing 'a preemptive cover." 'Immune,' penned by McRae in Bridgers' contemplative style, was released in full within two weeks. 'It was a perfect storm,' McRae, 27, told The Associated Press. 'I was parodying Phoebe Bridgers who was becoming world famous in that exact moment. ... I was also writing about this topic that everyone was thinking about constantly because we were in lockdowns." Bridgers reposted the video, writing simply: 'oh my god.' The song preluded McRae's debut EP, released in 2021, and album, in 2022, which led to touring gigs with Muna and Noah Kahan. Last year, she signed with Dead Oceans, the same record label that represents Bridgers. McRae's sophomore album, the folk-pop 'I Don't Know How, But They Found Me!,' is out Friday. The title is a reference to 'Back to The Future,' her favorite movie. It's a line of dialogue said by scientist Doc Brown just before he falls in a hail of bullets, causing protagonist Marty McFly to flee back in time in Brown's rigged DeLorean. 'At the end of the movie — which, there's no spoilers, because this movie's 40 years old — you find out (Doc) was wearing a bulletproof vest the whole time. And that to me sort of is what my 20s have been like. There are all these events that are happening that feel like they should take me out, but I just keep standing up anyway," McRae said. 'That's kind of the narrative of the album.' Resilience has long been a motif in McRae's songwriting. Her debut album, 'Are You Happy Now?', deftly tackled sexual predators and racist microaggressions with poetic meditations on identity, love, growth and beauty. On the album's most-streamed song, the ballad 'My Ego Dies in the End,' she sings, 'If I don't write about it, was it really worth it?' "There's this quote that I can't cite, but someone said, as a writer, you've experienced enough by the age of 25 to have writing material for the rest of your life. I don't know if everyone agrees with that statement, but I certainly do,' McRae said. It's years of practice, and reflection, that have brought clarity to those experiences. 'I Don't Know How But They Found Me!' is composed of songs McRae wrote throughout her early 20s, in the wake of one relationship and the rise and fall of another. She finished the album last spring in North Carolina with producer Brad Cook, a collaborator of Bon Iver, Waxahatchee and Suki Waterhouse. The 10 days they spent on the record, McRae said, were 'a master class.' 'Jensen flat out blew me away on every single level," said Cook, who met McRae for the first time when she arrived for the session. 'I got a master class from her as well, frankly. Jensen's just so organized, emotionally and spiritually, it was just really easy to go where the songs needed to go." A video of McRae singing the first verse of her song ' Massachusetts," accrued millions of TikTok views in the fall of 2023, well before it was released in full in July 2024. While the internet's interest in 'Immune" two years prior was momentarily destabilizing ('There's a meme of Patrick (from 'SpongeBob') coming home to his rock, and there are all these eyes poking out and he goes, 'Who are you people?' That was what I felt like,' McRae says), its embrace of 'Massachusetts' was confusing for other reasons. McRae was in the process of making this album, and the snippet she shared felt separate from the narrative she was constructing. Despite an onslaught of comments from listeners asking for the full song, she considered leaving it unreleased or tabling it for much later. Then she got a huge cosign. 'When Justin Bieber posted about it, I was like, well, you forced my hand," McRae laughs. 'So then I changed course.' The solution, she realized, was that 'Massachusetts" — a song about the specific memories that don't leave you when a relationship ends — would be the conclusion to the album's story. Cook kept the song's production minimal, centering McRae's vocals and acoustic guitar. 'Every rhythm just reinforces that,' he said. 'This whole record, I would say, is a lesson in getting out of the way of the song as much as you're reinforcing it.' McRae hasn't been able to diagnose exactly why fans online are drawn to certain songs like 'Massachusetts" over others. Cook says it's the same amorphous quality that drives all good music: honesty. 'I think that the beauty of authenticity is it's just so powerful that you don't know why,' he said. In any case, McRae has worked to keep her brushes with internet fame from swaying her creative process. 'Every decision I'm making about this is like, 'Do I want this?' And 'Is this going to be a good move for my career?'' she said. 'Because eventually, no matter what I do, the viral moment passes.' But fans' reactions have helped her recognize what makes her deeply personal songs relatable — especially as she, too, considers the project with fresh ears and new perspective ahead of an upcoming tour. 'When you're going through something difficult, intellectually, you know you're not the first person to whom it's happened. But it feels that way," McRae said. 'Revisiting it now — one or two or three years after having written the song — I have an appreciation for how, like, of course people are going to have these songs resonate with them. Because of course I'm not the only person who's gone through these feelings.' © Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.
Scoop
27-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Scoop
Jensen McRae Releases Sophomore Album
Folk's modern muse, Jensen McRae, has released her sophomore album, I Don't Know How But They Found Me! via Dead Oceans. Throughout the project, McRae explores the emotional aftershocks of intimacy and the deeper process of reclaiming the self. Her voice — airy, textured, and undeniably expressive — embodies both the heartbreak of being left and the strength it takes to leave. The album title, drawn from her favourite film Back to the Future, captures that resilience: 'I could've easily collapsed beneath the weight of what happened to me, but I didn't. I was bulletproof the whole time.' The album holds space for pain and power in equal measure, tracing each feeling with unflinching honesty. I Don't Know How But They Found Me! was recorded in North Carolina with Brad Cook (Waxahatchee, Bon Iver), featuring contributions from Nathan Stocker (Hippo Campus), Matthew McCaughan (Bon Iver) and her brother Holden McRae. The album opens with 'The Rearranger', a track that shimmers with a nostalgic gleam, even as it suggests trouble in paradise. Another stand-out track, 'Let Me Be Wrong', is about giving oneself permission to knowingly do the wrong thing because sometimes the only way to learn is through mistakes. The project marks McRae's transformation into self-assuredness, looking back at heartbreak from a new, more sure-footed and powerful vantage point. In addition to the story of healing after heartbreak, I Don't Know How But They Found Me! reaffirms McRae's defiance of expectations as she deepens her singer-songwriter identity and claims space for young Black women in the genre. Advertisement - scroll to continue reading McRae shares, "More than anything, I am grateful to have made this album as a record of my transition into real womanhood. It's me processing girlhood, with all its attendant naïveté and guilelessness and resistance to change, and emerging as an adult who is capable of forgiveness and transformation and measured optimism." Accompanying the recent singles 'Savannah', 'Praying For Your Downfall', and viral hit 'Massachusetts', the eleven-track album marks an evolution for McRae, blending poignant lyrics with familiar pop melodies. 'Savannah' is a hauntingly beautiful anthem of liberation and self-discovery that finds McRae reflecting on leaving a toxic relationship, only to be confronted by her past at every turn. Partnered with the dreamy music video directed by Rena Johnson, 'Savannah' has earned praise from Rolling Stone, ELLE, Consequence, FLOOD and BET. The penultimate track 'Praying For Your Downfall' oozes snark and charm, cutting down a lover who's no longer worth the ill will she once wished. The beloved 'Massachusetts' shines longer than the viral snippet we first heard as an authentic and cohesive closing track. At just 27, Jensen McRae has already toured with Noah Kahan, MUNA, Amos Lee, and Corinne Bailey Rae, graced a Times Square billboard, and served as the cover of Spotify's Today's Singer-Songwriters playlist. Recently named Deezer's Global Artist to Watch for April, Jensen continues to build momentum as a fearless storyteller, weaving raw vulnerability and poetic lyricism into songs that explore love, loss, and the complexities of life. A graduate of USC's Thornton School of Music and a GRAMMY Camp alum, McRae is carving out space for young Black women in the folk genre with unflinching honesty and raw lyricism. Recent single 'Savannah' has earned widespread acclaim from McRae released her debut album, Are You Happy Now?, in 2022, featuring viral singles like 'Immune' and 'Wolves', and has earned widespread acclaim from The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Vulture, UPROXX, Billboard, and Stereogum. She's been spotlighted in PAPER, DORK, and Wonderland Magazine, with the latter declaring, 'The future is just beginning for Jensen McRae'. A recent feature in The New York Times reflected on the songs of I Don't Know How But They Found Me! as working through 'tangled emotions and phases: hope, disillusion, ambivalence, deceptions, negotiations, ruptures and stubborn memories.' This week, Jensen made her late night TV debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Performing album tentpole and viral hit ''Massachusetts' - WATCH HERE: Inspired by the likes of Joni Mitchell and Tracy Chapman, McRae's voice—both literal and lyrical—resonates deeply, personifying the human experience with rare vulnerability and grace. With a sound that blends introspection and artistry, she's a lifetime artist here to stay.
