The Story
Andrea Baker infuses her wide-open Americana with elegant touches of Jazz-flecked Honkey-Tonk and good ol’ fashioned Rock and Roll. A spirited storyteller with a cowgirl’s gaze, Baker and her top-flight band weave together a reeling tale of both suffering and hope; chasing the idea of “home” with a graceful, elegant confidence. Glowing with a resonant warmth, the record’s polished precision is tempered by a weathered edge that results in a sound as timeless as Baker’s whisky-kissed voice.
Andrea’s debut album Wild in the Hollow (10/4 release date) is a reminder that the things of true value in this life are buried deep, beyond the everyday. We have to dig a little for the gold. “These songs, to me, engage the realm of the sacred” says Baker. “They tangle with ancient things that settle deep in the soul. There’s beauty to be found in our brokenness. Yet, we have to do the work of facing that brokenness to uncover the beauty. If these songs make help make that process a little less lonely, a little more provocative, and any less of a burden for somebody out there, I’ll walk away satisfied.”
