The itinerant singer/songwriter and the Asheville-based musical collective took decidedly different paths in crafting their latest works.
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The itinerant singer/songwriter and the Asheville-based musical collective took decidedly different paths in crafting their latest works.
Until recently, the musician performed under the monicker Searra Jade. “Samara” is the botanical name for the seed pods from maple trees, “The ones that fall like little helicopters,” she says. “I’m trying to learn to surrender and flow with the wind and the rivers, and it felt super resonant.”