New Music Monday #1

Aldous Harding's new album on Bandcamp, May 8th

Wait, this is supposed to be a newsletter about wine growing, right? Yes, but popular demand has spoken and there are no extra fees for posting more often, sooo....

May I recommend to you: Aldous Harding

Her music is interesting, ethereal, quirky, touching, poetic, complex, beautiful, unexpected and more. The album Designer has several of my favorites from her. But especially exciting is that she's releasing a new album on May 8th: Train on the Island

https://aldousharding.bandcamp.com/album/train-on-the-island

Free Labor

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Free Labor

Starting Cuttings

Mushrooms are a Good Thing™️

Wine of the future