We will play off of each other for the whole show.' Once it became possible to tour again, we put these dates together. '(Jaimee and I) connected strongly with Tim and his wife Jan during the pandemic as we did live stream shows. 'We'll do a good old-fashioned song swap,' she says. Gauthier will team up with O'Brien, Fabricius and Harris on stage. My life experiences are going to be in there, but it's through the character's voice that I'm telling this story. 'It doesn't mean those characters actually exist. 'The nature of being a writer is that I make it appear that it's personal,' she says. With this album, she found ways to pay homage to the devastating losses of John Prine, David Olney, Nanci Griffith, and her beloved friend Betsy. Though she admits, some songs aren't about her life.

Gauthier has always written from a personal place. 'When it starts to look like I have five or six songs, I realize that this might be something that is on the next record.' 'I'm the kind of songwriter who writes what I see in the world right now,' she says. The process for this album saw Gauthier traversing the uncharted waters of the past few years. It is also her 11th album in her more than 25-year music career. Gauthier released her latest album, 'Dark Enough to See the Stars' in 2022. 'I've been working with 15 songwriters and it's a joy for me to work with them.' 'Before I leave for the tour, I'm teaching a writing workshop,' Gauthier says.

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