My sister Robyn Hodges and I decided to try a new take on the classic opera tune from Lakme. 

Flower Duet

Yo I'll tell you what i want, what i really really want
Tell me what you want, what you really really want
I wanna.... I really wanna divest from fossil fuels ahhh

If you want a future
Then divest now
From dirty fossil fuels
To renewable power
Now don't go wasting our precious time
Get your act together and we'll be just fine (I mean we might not die)

I'll tell you what i want

If you wanna save the planet
You gotta get with the plan
Make it last forever
Or greed with never end

If you wanna save the people
You have got to give
Taking is too easy
But that's no way to live

What you think about that?
Now you know how i feel
Say you can't handle divest
Are you for real
We can't go wasting our precious time
Get your act together or the future dies

Now here's the story from a to z
You want to save the world, better listen carefully
We got climate change caused by the human race, extra droughts and fires, and floods and earthquakes
Rising seas,  and we're losing bees, we've got til 2040, and so please please
Slam your money down and turn history around! x2

Spice Girls Divest

Playing around with a new instrument called the hammered dulcimer. Took my treatment medicine and was feeling especially sick and thinking of all the other people I know out there who are suffering who I wish I could help but am currently too weak to do so, and this song came out. Sending y'all love.

Sending Love Hammered

Releasing my album early exclusively for patrons of my music who support me on Patreon! Here's a sneak listen!
My 4Culture grant-funded full-length album "The Canary Collective: Vol 1" is my contribution to the dialogue amongst humans on this planet about who deserves to be able to afford healthcare, clean air, water, food, and shelter. It's me singing my sensitive soul song in the coal mine. I collaborated with more "womxn and queers," or canaries, such as Luz Elena Mendoza of Mexican-American band Y La Bamba and Nataly Dawn of Pomplamoose to make a Cat Power and Sufjan Stevens-inspired collage of poetry, songs, and TED Talk quotes. I hope to continue to use my music and unique performance style to get people talking and singin about the ties between our healing bodies and our healing ecosystems on this planet.

Recorded and mixed by Ryan Oxford at The Center for Light and Color Therapy in Portland, Oregon 
Mastered by Amy Dragon at Telegraph Mastering
Music, Lyrics, Arrangements, Vocals, Banjo, Baritone Ukulele, Organ, Thigh slaps, Charango, Harpsichord, Synthesizer, Piano, some home recording by Kaeley Pruitt-Hamm
Electric Guitar, Charango, Percussion (tambourine, shaker), Bass, Synthesizer, at home recording and arrangement assistance by Conor Whelan
Drums by Christopher Icasiano
Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, and Lyric Translation by Luz Elena Mendoza on "Creer/Believe Her"
Vocals on "One Sided Glass" by Nataly Dawn
Cello by David Balatero

Special Thanks to 4Culture and my patrons for helping fund the album!

Songs:
1. Been to the Future
2. Dam Dam Introduction (feat. Jennifer Brea, Leland Chazen, Tara Hardy)
3. Dam Dam
4. Creer / Believe Her (feat. Luz Elena Mendoza)
6. Believe Her Interlude
7. Disobey Introduction (feat. Jennifer Brea and Jamila Raqib)
8. Disobey
8. One Sided Glass (feat. Nataly Dawn)
9. New Year
10. Moored
11. No is Not Enough (feat. Porochista Khakpour, Afrose Fatima Ahmed, Jessica Slice, Bekah Fly)
12. Sickness Unto Death (by Typhoon)
13. Forgot to Mention Introduction (feat. Afrose Fatima Ahmed, Jessica Slice, Luz Elena Mendoza)
14. Forgot to Mention

Sickness Unto Death (by Typhoon)

One Sided Glass (feat. Nataly Dawn)

No is Not Enough (feat. Porochista Khakpour, Afrose Fatima Ahmed, Jessica Slice, Bekah Fly)

New Year

Moored

Forgot to Mention Introduction (feat. Afrose Fatima Ahmed, Jessica Slice, Luz Elena Mendoza)

Forgot to Mention

Disobey

Disobey Introduction (feat. Jennifer Brea and Jamila Raqib)

Dam Dam

KPH & The Canary Collective is a people power indie folk project headed by Kaeley Pruitt-Hamm. Suddenly bedridden from a perplexing and debilitating disease after working 5 years in the non-profit world as a Seattle and DC-based community organizer, Kaeley turned to music as a way to heal and connect with others in a similar boat. When insurance did not cover all of her life-saving medical treatment, her friends and family supported her through crowdfunding and Kaeley is sustained as a disabled artist with monthly donations via Patreon. She released an EP "Hi From Pillows" in 2017 with Local Woman Records and dreamed up and co-organized "#BedFest 2017," a virtual music and arts festival in which hundreds of other bedridden artists from around the world submitted songs and visual art expressing the pain of struggling to afford medical treatment and performed via international video conference. She also co-founded and helped organize a series called "Sick Womxn and Queers Shows" in the Pacific Northwest in which music, poetry, and interactive educational skits were used to demonstrate the importance of humans doing something to make healthcare, housing, and clean air and water more affordable and accessible to all. With her upcoming grant-funded full-length album "The Canary Collective: Vol 1," Kaeley collaborated with more "womxn and queers" such as Luz Elena Mendoza of Mexican-American band Y La Bamba and Nataly Dawn of Pomplamoose to make a Cat Power and Sufjan Stevens-inspired collage of poetry, songs, and TED Talk quotes. She hopes to continue to use her music and unique performance style as a tool of encouraging dialogue around the ties between our healing bodies and our healing ecosystems on this planet. 

"[KPH] pushes the boundary which previously defined raw and vulnerable art for me." - Jen Miller, Girl Gang Music
"With a sparkling, angelic voice...singer-songwriter Kaeley Pruitt-Hamm weaves a haunting tale of courage and helplessness." - Jane Roser, That Music Magazine

KPH & The Canary Collective

Popular tracks