Singer/songwriter Lindsay Kay will release her album, For the Feminine, by the Feminine, on October 5th. It’s an album of songs centered around womanhood and femininity, entirely created by women and female-identifying pros. “I tried to imagine men recording this music,” Kay says, “even men I love working with, and it made me uncomfortable. I needed people who could truly connect with the music on a personal level and would allow me to be completely vulnerable in the studio.” There’s an ethereal quality to the music that draws you into the emotion behind the lyrics. Learn more about Lindsay Kay in this edition of Fresh Wax.
You’re currently based in Los Angeles, but you grew up in Calgary. How did that shape you as an artist?
I think Calgary was the perfect city for me to grow up in because I wasn’t too spoiled with constant access to art and culture and thereby couldn’t take it for granted, but it’s also a big enough city that there were things happening and I wasn’t totally disconnected from interesting art and music. It was a nice balance – it really forced me to be curious and seek out music that I wouldn’t have otherwise been exposed to naturally unless I lived in a city like LA or New York, but there were also some cool music venues and the city had a nice underlying heartbeat of folks making music. There were a few open mic nights where I was able to perform and hone my craft a little as I got older, and that helped prepare me for a place like Berklee.
The music scene in Calgary, and general taste of Calgarians, does tend to lean a little in the direction of country, roots, and Americana style music, but we were fortunate to be a……READ MORE