Turquoise Colour

Tracklist:

1. Back at the Start
2. Born in a Cage
3. The End
4. Long Time
5. All the Way Home
6. Way up to the Sky
7. I Know a Way
8. A Word

Patty Griffins new album, Crown of Roses, is a deeply personal and introspective work that explores themes of identity, nature, family, and womanhood. Emerging from a creative drought during the pandemic, Griffintwo-time Grammy winner and Americana Music Association Lifetime Achievement honoreefound herself reevaluating the stories shed long told herself. The result is an eight-track collection that is both sparse and emotionally rich, blending folk, Americana, and gospel blues.

Produced by long-time collaborator Craig Ross, the album features contributions from trusted bandmates David Pulkingham and Michael Longoria, and a haunting vocal cameo from Robert Plant. Griffin’s vocal approach changed after cancer treatment, leading her to embrace a softer, more intimate style that reflects the vulnerability and strength woven through the songs.

Much of Crown of Roses is shaped by Griffins relationship with her late mother, whose love of music and nature left a lasting imprint. The album cover features her mothers wedding photo, symbolizing their deepened bond in the last years of her life. Songs like ‘Born in a Cage’ and ‘Way Up to the Sky’ echo her mothers observations of a vanishing natural world and Griffins own reckoning with mortality and legacy.

Griffin also confronts her past efforts to understand and please men, ultimately shifting her creative focus toward womens experiences. She calls this her first album primarily concerned with womens stories, signaling a liberating perspective change. Reflecting on her artistic journey, Griffin shares, The older you get, you just get sick of yourself staying stuck.

With Crown of Roses, Griffin offers a record thats both grounded and transcendentone that invites listeners to release old narratives, embrace new truths, and stay truly alive while theyre here.