It's release day 💖

Stream "Show Me The Way"

Happy album release day! Show Me The Way is out in the world 🌹

I hope you enjoy it wherever you listen.

Enjoying those finished AND released project endorphins ;)

I write to you contemplating the world in which these songs are arriving—another Trump presidency, known sex offenders walking the halls of power, and an infestation of greed running amok.

It’s bleak out here. But, my artist heart feels it differently too—like a phony distraction from what really matters. Each other.

Because I don’t come from billionaires or political pundits. I don’t come from investors, academics, celebrities, or reality TV stars.

I come from the working class. I come from a local scene. I come from rock n’ roll clubs and coffee houses and gospel choir practice at the church down the street. I came from public schools all the way until college. I came from scholarships, grants, and help to cover the cost of what my family could not.

I come from community. I know it well. And I know that “we are the ones we’ve been waiting for.”¹

I will continue to dance to the beat of a different drum. One close to the boots on the ground, to music, to writing, to those pursuing their joy, their art, their purpose, their healing, with grit, passion, and determination, all while supporting others who are trying to do the same. I’m cheering us all on.

All this to say, these songs may have found their moment among the weight of communal despair. May they offer you peace, comfort, energy and ease.

Right now I don’t have merch because this project has been entirely self-funded on my tiny budget. If you want to financially support me and my music, you can find a pre-order for CDS here and a link to my Venmo here. Thanks for reading, I appreciate you!

Peace, love, and music,

Nellen

1. From the poem by June Jordan ,“Poem for South African Women.” https://poets.org/poem/poem-south-african-women