Bedouine - "One More Time"

She draws on '60s folk and '70s country — compelling influences, but not necessarily the music that surrounded her early on in life. Born in Aleppo, Syria, to Armenian parents, Azniv Korkejian spent her early childhood in Saudi Arabia. After her family won the green-card lottery, she moved to the U.S. at the age of 10, living in Massachusetts, Texas and Kentucky before winding up in California as an adult.

She found herself making various connections with a growing community of supportive peers and began working with producer Gus Seyffert -- almost by accident when Korkejian stopped by his studio to ask advice about a piece of gear, moving casually from talking shop to recording a demo of one of her songs in the span of an afternoon. Bedouine's self-titled debut album was released in the summer of 2017 on the Spacebomb label; its ten tracks were the best selection of about 30 songs she worked on over a three-year period. Widely hailed by critics, the album put Korkejian on the map and she set about working on a follow-up release. A late-2018 two-song single saw her covering Elton John and Linda Perhacs in her typically hushed, introspective style. Bedouine reemerged in June 2019 with her sophomore album, Bird Songs of a Killjoy, and it is a delight.

Her music is atmospheric and ethereal and yet still makes you feel something intense. She finds a way to lull the listener into a relaxed state only to hit them with deeply emotional subject matters.

So today, with a little more time and a few more chances, I choose Bedouine’s "One More Time" as my find your feelings, listen to the whispers, your heart knows the way, song for a, light upon your path, diamonds in a velvet sky, hope hiding under the blankets - so let’s go to the zoo, Wednesday.