meka is the project of American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Melissa Lingo who returned with new album, The Rabbit, on May 21 via Dumont Dumont
“baby blues” has a classic folk style that feels like it would be right at home in the 70s, with a gentle and stirring style of storytelling and emotive staying power.
Speaking on the track, she adds:
“I scribbled these lyrics down on the first day of spring in 2023. My flatmate and I had been sick for a month, I was finally strong enough to pick up my guitar and play this little mantra of a riff. These lyrics take place in Nevada City, California, at the cemetery on the top of the hill, where my dearest friend and I would picnic and visit the grave of a long-gone infant. Once, under the moonlight, we brought my harp up there and I played for the dead. We’d read poetry to each other and to the residents, discuss our sadness and our gratitude, say hello to the man who was living in the 100-year old ponderosa above us that would eventually be chopped down by PG&E. This song is for the friend who brings poetry everywhere, to everyone. I have more than one version of baby blues, all of them are for her.”
Then there’s the album’s closing statement, the equally stunning “What Once Was.” A graceful and elegant slice of folk that is well adorned with instrumentation and flourishes that only make you even more at home.
Enjoy a listen to both tracks below and find the album available to stream and buy at Bandcamp.
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