Blending Southern gothic influences, vintage country, and Laurel Canyon rock into a sound they call “smoke folk,” Minnesota-based folk-Americana band Wren + Wilde has just released its debut album, Serial Dreamers. Produced by Christopher Furst, the record explores love, loss, motherhood, and the passage of time, with a thread of resilience and hope running throughout. For singer-songwriter and founding member Hilary Yoder, the album also marks a return to songwriting after more than a decade away from releasing music. Hilary spoke with Christine about the music and the stories behind it.
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Christine Davis was raised in NJ but is an honorary Midwesterner living in the Chicago area. She’s an acupuncturist by day, but there’s always music playing in her head. Live music brings her a thrill like no other, but she also listens to her favorite albums over and over (and over). A music historian at heart, she loves to find the threads that connect pieces, artists, genres, and fans together. She’s the wife of a musician, mom to two of the best humans on earth, and amateur lap steel guitarist.
