Yellowknife composer and performer Carmen Braden returned on Friday with the lead single from her fourth studio album.
The first track to be made public from the album is Voice in the Dark, which carries a special-thanks credit to former CBC North morning show host Loren McGinnis.
In a press release, Braden said Voice in the Dark emerged from a day when a systems failure took place at a local radio station (not Cabin Radio, though God knows we’ve had a few).
“They knew no one could hear them, but they had to keep talking in case the signal managed to get back on air,” she was quoted as saying.
“The song is about holding on to thin threads of hope, about connection between people over big spaces and through dark times. It’s also an homage to radio and the power it still has to connect – something that’s still a strong part of culture and community in Canada’s north.”
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The album, A Hard Light, is set for release on December 5.
It follows 2017’s Ravens, 2019 album Songs of the Invisible Summer Stars and 2021’s Seed Songs.
