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The Boot shares exclusive new single from Karen Jonas, “Rock the Boat,” calling it “a gothic swirl of liberation and possible menace.”

Karen Jonas weaves an irresistible rhythm on her new song, “Rock the Boat.” It’s a gothic swirl of liberation and possible menace, an inexorable pull of tides as the narrator urges us to swim against them. The track is just the first taste of her sixth album, The Restless, out on March 3.

Read More: Karen Jonas Breaks Free on Gothic ‘Rock the Boat’ [PREMIERE] | https://theboot.com/karen-jonas-rock-the-boat/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral

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The Boot shares new song from Maple Run Band, “Loretta,” noting, “The band has a knack for pulling out classic rock grooves, adding a coating of roots music, and spinning a fresh sound.”

Vermont’s Maple Run Band jangle along with their new song “Loretta.” The band has a knack for pulling out classic rock grooves, adding a coating of roots music, and spinning a fresh sound.

Read More: The Boot’s Weekly Picks: Melissa Carper, Ernie Vincent + More | https://theboot.com/the-boots-weekly-picks-dec-15-2022/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral

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The Boot praises Craig Gerdes’ new autobiographical love song as “straight-down-the-middle country”

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Craig Gerdes tells his own love story in his new song “I Could Get Used to This.” The single, due out on Friday (May 7), is premiering exclusively on The Boot.

“From the opening lyric, this song is entirely true,” Gerdes tells The Boot. As the song details, the singer and songwriter married his high school sweetheart, Janel; they were 16 when they first got together and will celebrate their 35th anniversary in September.

“I wanted “I Could Get Used to This” to be a feel-good song, relatable in the fact that you can overcome anything if you put your mind to it and don’t let the outside world get in your way,” Gerdes says, adding, “My last album, Tough as Nails, was about the people. My last single, “You’re Not in the Picture Anymore,” was somebody else’s story. “I Could Get Used to This” is ours.”

Gerdes’ frequent collaborator, legendary steel guitarist Jim Vest, produced “I Could Get Used to This.” CMA Musician of the Year winner Jenee Fleenor, who plays fiddle on the song, is among the musicians who turned Gerdes and his wife’s story into a sentimental track that’s straight-down-the-middle country.

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The Boot praises Katie Jo’s new single “Pawn Shop Queen,” an anthem for perseverance

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Singer-songwriter Katie Jo‘s debut album, Pawn Shop Queen, chronicles some of the most traumatic experiences of her young life. Its title track, however, offers a bit of optimism: a reminder that our worst moments don’t define us, but make us stronger.
 
Jo describes “Pawn Shop Queen”—which is premiering exclusively on The Boot—as “an anthem for resisting the lies depression tells us about ourselves … for perseverance in spite of one’s self.” She’d had the title in her mind for a song for quite some time, and by the time she sat down to write it, at home in her pajamas, it took less than an hour.

“It’s the sound of someone mustering the energy to regain their self confidence, a statement to myself that trauma and heartbreak alone don’t define who I am,” Jo reflects. “At the time, I was not only processing the fallout of some pretty shocking infidelity in my relationship, but also trauma around my own reproductive health and infertility. I felt betrayed, both by my partner and my own sense of worth.”