Amber Rubarth - Cover Crop (2023) [Official Digital Download 24/88]

Here is COVER CROP - a lyrical cover concept album of 15 songs I played, sang, engineered, and mixed alone at home in the woods. During the pandemic I started volunteering at an organic farm nearby and became intrigued by cover crops - a farmer’s way of giving back to the land they harvest from by planting something solely to nourish and enrich the soil itself; they do this regularly for sustainability and health of the land. I began looking at my own life through this lens - how am I giving back to what has given to me? I started thinking about everyone who has been such a beautiful support over the years, the land that feeds and inspires me, the many experiences around the world that so deeply fill my heart…

COVER CROP begins with the disconnect from nature and how that expresses itself in the world personally, socially and environmentally… about two thirds in there’s an awakening and remembrance to our interconnectivity, weaving us back in to our own nature and nature outside, and its essential reciprocity. Hope you enjoy it as much as I’ve enjoyed making it.

I invite you to listen in order to get the full narrative! Also open to creative partnership ideas that might further honor this idea of "giving back to what gives to us." More soon, thank you so much for listening!

Tracklist
01. Mercy Mercy Me
02. Living Too Close to the Ground
03. In Tall Buildings
04. The Logical Song
05. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
06. Virtual Insanity
07. Losing My Religion
08. Can't Buy Me Love
09. Talkin' Bout a Revolution
10. A World Without Love
11. Society
12. Idé werewere ni'ta Oshún idé werewere
13. The Bare Necessities
14. Under African Skies
15. Wildflowers