New Music From Women We Love: July 2025
Emma Swift, Aliza Hava, Reese Goode, Carolyn Wonderland, Annahstasia, Haute & Freddy, Hannah Cohen
Inside This Issue
Chris Bro’s Shaped By Sound & Thea’s “Everlasting Love” story
New Music From Women We Love: July 2025
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Before jumping into Herizon Music’s first new music listing of Summer 2025, I’m sharing my recent guest post for Chris Bro’s Shaped By Sound on Substack. He asked that I tell “My Life In Music” story as part of a new series. I chose my life in LIVE music, starting with my first concert and “everlasting love” story. Music videos included!
Andy Gibb at Pine Knob, Clarkston, (June 16, 1978)
Newly baptized and joyfully singing a cappella at Sunday services, I begged my mother to take my Sunday school BF’s to see the youngest Gibb brother, Andy Gibb. “Everlasting Love,” “Shadow Dancing,” and “I Just Want To Be Your Everything” were a 1970s radio gold. It was my first proper concert and us girls were positively giddy. Those screams of joy turned to wails of despair when my mom dragged us out during the encore to avoid parking lot gridlock. At least that was the excuse— part of it may have been the joints and cocaine bullets most likely passing through the crowd. What I knew for sure is that this was the single greatest day of my tween life. My passion for concerts was born.
READ ON to find out which band changed my life in 1988.
New Music From Women We Love: July 2025
July’s new music listings unintentionally landed in folk/roots rock, blues, and country genres with themes of truth telling and setting personal boundaries. Perhaps the current political and social chaos served with a mouth-puckering dose of “misinformation” is awakening a force in our songwriters that calls for a kinder, deeper connection with each other.
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Emma Swift, Nashville by way of Australia
“No Happy Endings” (single, folk pop)
This is the first single released from Emma Swift’s upcoming album Resurrection Game, her first album in 5 years. While this singer-songwriter’s music is often described as folk rock, “No Happy Endings” feels more pop influenced, flavored with melancholy and a splash of enduring hope. I anticipate a similar sound from the full album come September 2025, stay tuned to find out. You can subscribe to her Substack, too!
Aliza Hava, Oregon
“The Only Way Out is Through” (single, folk rock)
Aliza Hava and I met at the GRAMMYS in January 2025. It was like fate brought us together as this release is a comfort to me in the aftermath of my father’s passing and deadly Texas floods devastating Camp Mystic (a place and family dear to my heart). The full album, Into The Light, releases September 2025 and is already charting #1 on the Top 50 Folk Albums per The Roots Music Report. If you like a Melissa Etheridge’s vocal stylings and anthemic crescendos, you’ll dig Aliza.
Reese Goode, Texas
“Take It Back” (single, country rock)
Reese Goode is 17 years old and already writing songs that draw relationship boundaries with grit usually penned by more experienced artists like Miranda Lambert. “Take It Back” is the first single from her forthcoming EP Truth, which takes a match to the crappy things people say and do to you. The second single “Truth” follows the same rockin’ vein of self-preservation. We will watch Reese’s career with great interest.
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Carolyn Wonderland, Texas
Truth Is (album, blues and roots rock)
I’m convinced that Carolyn Wonderland is the most-wanted guitarist in the blues scene. She has performed/recorded with so many blues icons in the past and on this album that I’m deferring to Blues Blast Magazine’s comprehensive list. The title track showcases not only her nimble finger-picking (cultivated because her parents forbade practicing with a pick) but also her dynamic vocal range. The whole album is a self-contained playlist for your Sunday morning back-porch church. Or a Friday night sunset bonfire. Try both!
Annahstasia, California/New York
Tether (album, R&B and folk)
Annahstasia’s timbre and musings invoke a visceral response that can only be matched by Joan Armatrading circa 1976-77. Every track on her debut album Tether is a lullaby for the soul. There is a purism in the delivery and recording that mirror the call for a kinder, more honest connection between two human beings. I’m a believer. The single “Believer” will make you one, too.
Haute & Freddy, California
Shy Girl, (single, new wave synth pop)
Haute & Freddy (Michelle Buzz and Lance Shipp) are the freaky sideshow act in this month’s listing, and we love them for it. This TikTok-incubated duo mashes 18th-century baroque carnival aesthetics with 1980s-influenced synth pop + a 2025 cotton-candy twist. “Shy Girl” conjures dreams of Bjork and New Order conceiving a love child at your favorite Renaissance Faire. They play ACL Music Fest in October, so grab a turkey leg, eyeliner, and your favorite ren fen garb. Here is a great guide for choosing the perfect faire costume for kicks and giggles.
Hannah Cohen, New York
Earthstar Mountain (album, R&B + psych folk)
My musical radar must have a glitch b/c there is no other reason why Hannah Cohen hasn’t tripped major blips since her debut album in 2012. Which is why I’m late spotlighting her latest album Earthstar Mountain that released in March 2025. The collection is a celestial swirl of ‘70s-influenced R&B like “Summer Sweat” (think DJ Venus Flytrap’s late-night show on WKRP in Cincinnati) and the hippie chick magnet “Draggin’” — both of which were recorded at her studio in the Catskill Mountains. It’s shaping up to be in my 2025 top albums short list. Fairy Godmother Wish: Hannah Cohen and Boy Golden touring together, pretty please.
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So many wonderful women artists. Thanks for sharing, enjoyed all of them!
Wonderful music - great coverage!!