We recently had the distinct honor and privilege to check out the highly anticipated new album “Reclamation” from award–winning singer-songwriter and social-justice warrior Crys Matthews. You can listen to “Reclamation “ on Spotify Here and on Apple Music Here

In our opinion if you have a message that you want to communicate to others, there is no better way to do it than through music. Crys Matthews , does a remarkable job of this on her magnificently crafted new album “Reclamation”

Crys shares, “This album is both sonically and ideologically the fullest representation of who I am as an artist and as a human,”

You cannot help but be inspired and moved by the music that Crys Matthews creates . It has meaning and purpose that stays with your soul long after the music fades .

Matthews is reclaiming not just of the space Black artists have been denied in Country and Americana music, not just of the space LGBTQ people have been denied in communities of faith, not just of the autonomy women have been denied over their own bodies, she is reclaiming the South that raised her.

Recorded in Nashville, TN at Sound Emporium Studios, Reclamation was produced by Levi Lowry (co-writer of Zac Brown Band‘s hit song Colder Weather). The project features her partner on and off stage Heather Mae, her friends and fellow singer-songwriters Kyshona, Melody Walker, and Chris Housman, and some of the best musicians in Music City like Megan Coleman, Megan Elizabeth McCormick, Ellen Angelico, Ryan Madora, Jen Gunderman, and Michael Majett. 

The songs on “Reclamation “ are far more than songs… they are important and powerful messages that need to be heard and Crys Matthews is the perfect voice at the perfect moment to deliver them

From the opening track , “The Difference Between” we were hanging on every word and melody . “Reclamation” is the kind of record that you just don’t hear but you feel it as well .

Crys Matthews is a master storyteller of the highest order with a once in a generation voice , “The Bigger Picture “, “Like Jesus Would” and “Cancel Culture “ are the kind of songs that if they were paintings they would be on display in the world’s finest museums.

We may be only weeks into the new year but “Reclamation “ from Crys Matthews may be one of the year’s best .