Lindsay Lou w. Anna Vogelzang

Guided by life experiences, Lindsay Lous sound and songwriting continues to evolve and intertwine her sturdy Bluegrass roots with progressive Americana and Folk. PBSI saw a literal manifestation of the sacred feminine, and had this profound sense that I was meant to embody it, recalls celebrated singer-songwriter Lindsay Lou after journeying through a hallucinogenic ritual that would inform the way she processed waves of grief in the sea of change ahead of her. The loss of her grandmother, the end of her marriage, and the overwhelming turmoil of COVID lockdowns found the Nashville-based artist on a spiritual journey of self-knowledge and healing with this gift from the mystic swirl. On her new album Queen of Time (due September 29th from Kill Rock Stars), Lou explores that quest across ten tracks of tender, heartbreakingly beautiful music.With this new vision of womanhood in mind, Lou began to see a throughline from her grandmother, to herself, to the art she was creating. Her 2018 release, Southland (recorded with her former band, The Flatbellys), felt like the first chapter to a greater story that was unfolding; with this release, the theme deepened. It started with my grandma. She was the unattainable woman in a way, Lou explains. She had 12 kids and ran homeless shelters and was always taking people in. She felt that her calling was to be a mother to everyone this communal caregiver but it also meant that in belonging to everyone, she also belonged to no one. I realized that this is the catch-22 of anyone who is a woman unto herself. Women, first and foremost, belong to themselves, so nobody can really have them; but, theres also this element of self-sacrificing and giving to the idea of the feminine.