Cécile McLorin Salvant has released a lyric video for "I am a volcano," the opening track to her new album, Oh Snap. You can watch it here. It comes on the heels of a six-part Q&A series in which she reveals, among other things, a discomfort with frogs, such as those featured in the new video.
Cécile McLorin Salvant has released a lyric video for "I am a volcano," the opening track to her new album, Oh Snap. You can watch the video, edited by Carolyn Alexander, here:
The video comes on the heels of a six-part video Q&A series in which Salvant discusses Oh Snap, including her songwriting process, working on the project in secret, AutoTune, bodily fluids, frogs, and embracing weirdness. You can watch all six parts here.
Oh Snap comprises 12 very personal songs by the singer/composer (plus a cover of a verse from the Commodores’ 1977 hit “Brick House”) mostly recorded outside of a traditional studio environment. The songs showcase her genre-spanning tastes and influences from her 1990s childhood in Miami—from boy bands to grunge to classical to folk—and include party tracks with beats, samba grooves, and quiet folk songs. The album features longtime collaborators Sullivan Fortner, Yasushi Nakamura, and Kyle Poole, plus cameos from singers June McDoom and Kate Davis. You can get it and hear it here.
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