Milly Raccoon stands, fiddle in hand, on the shoulders of Patsy Cline, not only as an inspiration, but also for the grounded emotional support lent by Patsy’s powerful voice.
Milly’s own take on Nashville is all over the upcoming Frankincense and Myrrh, arriving July 7. The album exists in the Nashville of now where messages of spirituality and liberation are more vital than ever. Milly delivers her songs with a gauzy, dream-like, and poignant touch that is so easy on the ears (think Nora Jones or Iris DeMent) that it is easy to forget that Milly is telling us something we need to hear.
Milly refers to the album as “an ode to sacred collaborations.” The record also embodies the ancient process of alchemy.
“For example, turning lead into gold,” Milly explains. “Or turning poison into medicine.”
She continues, “What do people use heartbreak, challenges, tragedies, difficult emotions, religious experiences, taboo subjects, and other strong feelings for? Making compelling writing, painting, and music. Making an album is an alchemical process.”
With such a grounded sense of the magic of music, surely Patsy would be proud to lend Milly her shoulders.
Today Glide is excited to premiere the standout track “Offering To The Fae,” an otherworldly track that sounds as if it was recorded in the flickering shadows of a forest campfire. Milly conjures spirits through her lyrics while musically combining bluegrass, folk, old timey music, hymns, tribal percussion, and her Celtic roots to make for a sound that is completely unique. With its driving fiddle and ethereal musical textures, the song captures Milly’s singular and creative approach to crafting her sound.
“I wrote ‘Offering To The Fae’ soon after I had embarked on an intensive study of natural magic, which included making ceremonial offerings to nature spirits. Around this time, my English grandmother died, and I returned to the town I grew up in. I wanted to write a song to honor her and her Celtic roots. When I was in town for her funeral, I sat down to write this song and it all flowed out pretty quickly.” — Milly Raccoon
