‘Arsonist Daughter’ is the debut full-length album of Aspen Jacobsen. It laces a burning motif throughout its eleven tracks which indeed ends with the instrumental track “Arson” which acts as a symbolic rebirth. In her songs, Aspen tackles issues such as relationships, religion, mental health, and social constructs with insightfulness well beyond her years. “I don’t like to preach my own beliefs, but rather ignite thought and reflection about things that are important to me. I hope my music can help spark dialogues that lead to change and make the world a better place.”
Aspen’s natural affinity for roots music remains a mystery. While her family is supportive of her talents, she doesn’t come from stage parents or a record-collecting family. Aspen is conversant in old-time music, country, folk, blues, and bluegrass. Yet, she is an individualist—she aspires to make folk music resonant with her generation while reverently carrying on the tradition of writing music of the people, for the people.
Aspen tells stories like a country artist, and speaks her mind like a folk musician. Her personal and progressive original songs recall the approach of Joni Mitchell, and Ani DiFranco—two artists steeped in music history but not bound to it. Aspen is also a gifted instrumentalist who plays acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass, mandolin, piano, keyboard, and ukulele, and she also contributes these skills as an accompanist and arranger for other people’s songs.
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