October 31, 2021: Kelli Frances Corrado (she/her) is a singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, a quilt of memories and mysticism. Growing up in Chicago, she would sneak out during school nights to see hip hop shows and spend Sundays learning prayer rituals taught by a Bohemian Czech grandmother. This set a unique musical foundation leading her to pursue opera training, string arranger, beat making and classical poetry. Giving voice to her spiritual beliefs, she has lived many lives before putting her heart in song: social worker, student, tap dancer, teacher, wanderer. Living in the Black Forest, London and by the sea, using weird and wonderful places to record: a seaplane port, boat house, warehouse with six second reverb, and an old school from the 1900s, these patches of experience bring together a musical broth of magical realism and urban life ripe of lucid dreams and superstition.
Tuff Feathers exists between heaven and earth. The flight path where intuition and courage lie. The bridge that connects kaos and understanding. Kelli Frances Corrado has created her most vulnerable music to date. Guiding us to lean into fear and find strength within it. The music is minimal, empowering vocals with complex synth layers, pulsing beats and autoharp. Kelli Frances chants about losing friends, standing up to naysayers, watching loved ones disappear and above all standing strong in who you are and what you believe, no matter where the path leads. The spellbinding song ‘Shadow Moon Astrological Doom’ pleads with us not to lose ourselves in the darkness of uncertain times but to trust each other. Track ‘Murky water vs the mermaid ’ chants ‘you live in murky water, looking for light, find it with all your might.’ Lyrics that are a theme throughout the whole album. Corrado mesmerizes us into her bewitching landscape reminding us we are the masters of our magic and we are much stronger than we think we are.
In addition, each song is written in a specific musical key based in a spiritual practice taught to Kelli by her Bohemian Grandmother. This is meant to invoke healing and empowering energy.
Artist receives 75% of all proceeds of digital only sales. The remaining 25% supports Grimalkin's label and mutual aid fund and helps us towards sustaining our work.
Tape proceeds go to Star Farm Chicago.https://www.starfarmchicago.net/
"Star Farm Chicago is a non-profit urban farm and landscaping service established in 2016 in the Back of the Yards neighborhood. We work to increase access of local organic produce through farmers markets, pop-ups, delivery, and our local foods co-op. On the farm, we create an inclusive space by providing local jobs, vocational training and horticultural therapy to people with disabilities, employment barriers, and empowering women. Through our work, we hope to inspire the next generation of urban growers and food justice advocates while improving the long term health and mental health outcomes of the community."
"Star Farm Chicago is a non-profit urban farm and landscaping service established in 2016 in the Back of the Yards neighborhood. We work to increase access of local organic produce through farmers markets, pop-ups, delivery, and our local foods co-op. On the farm, we create an inclusive space by providing local jobs, vocational training and horticultural therapy to people with disabilities, employment barriers, and empowering women. Through our work, we hope to inspire the next generation of urban growers and food justice advocates while improving the long term health and mental health outcomes of the community."
Lathe proceeds go back to Gr's label fund since we break even if the whole run sells.