For those unaware, Baltimore-based indie-pop/Americana/folk singer-songwriter Katie Callahan is set to release her third album and second studio project, Extraordinary, on June 2nd, 2023.

Extraordinary is what happens when a songwriter moves from observing the landscape to digging a well: once our eyes adjust to the darkness of internal experience, we can dive into caves and see beautiful things we never knew were there.

Callahan is firmly rooted in folk traditions, telling lyrical stories with melody and words, but she is still relentlessly peering into the depths, always convinced there’s more to uncover and share.

1. The Undertaker’s Daughter
2. Once at a Wedding
3. Hungry
4. Love Song for a Best Friend
5. Extraordinary
6. Magnificent Beast (Keep It All Together)
7. There You Are

This beautifully crafted, captivating new recording opens on the soothingly pleasing rhythms within The Undertaker’s Daughter and then we get lovingly brought forth the quietly euphoric, Taylor Swift-esque Once at a Wedding, and then we get a veritably shimmering warm glow of Hungry.

Along next is the jaunty indie pop vibe that threads expertly throughout Love Song for a Best Friend and the impassioned title track Extraordinary, the album rounding out on the melodically upbeat storytelling of Magnificent Beast (Keep It All Together), closing all-too-soon on the spatially-hued, Celtic-imbibed There You Are.

The new album is a natural progression from her previous release – The Water Comes Back – and its look into feminine strength, as Callahan holds space for desire, loss, grief, anxiety, and forgiveness in the context of embracing her physical body. She hopes the album is a safe space for women to embrace what has been deemed unworthy, undesirable, shameful, or unladylike.

Each of the seven tracks is inspired by chakra points: root, sacrum, solar plexus, heart, throat, third eye, and crown. “Practicing yoga as a spiritual and physical meditation is a big part of my journey in healing my relationship with my body,” Callahan says. “My practice is imperfect and really just beginning, but what I love about the chakras is that they’re these centers of energy that connect the physical with the spiritual and emotional, which is what I wanted this project to do.”

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www.katiecallahanmusic.com

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