| “In these perilous times, their incisive music – based in folk tradition but very much steeped in today’s crises – is the perfect balm.” – CBC Music For more than a decade, Mama’s Broke, the Canadian duo of Amy Lou Keeler and Lisa Maria, have forged a style carried across landscapes rather than tied to one. Their forthcoming 12-song LP Reunion, out August 28 on Forward Music and Free Dirt Records, follows years in near-constant motion, bringing their folk-without-borders approach to small clubs, DIY spaces, and everywhere in between. – order Reunion on LP/CD/DIG // watch Mama’s Broke on NPR’s Tiny Desk – With music rooted in long days playing for passing crowds and traveling by foot, as well as in the deep wells of folk lineage they’ve tapped into across Eastern Canada, Appalachia, Ireland, and beyond, their sound doesn’t belong to any one place so much as it passes through them, grounded in the traditions that shaped it. – watch 16mm video for ‘The Nameless’ // listen to ‘Heaven’ // watch live performance – “has always found ways to let light collide with darkness.” – KLOF Mag Building on their JUNO-nominated album Narrow Line (2022), Reunion reflects a world coming apart in plain sight, tracing fractured communities, the erosion of shared ground, and the growing awareness that the systems we were taught to trust no longer hold or deliver the promises they were meant to keep. The songs don’t preach or prescribe; they reflect, holding up a mirror and leaving space for something else to take shape. |