{"title":"Samantha Crain","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSamantha Crain is an American songwriter, musician, and singer hailing from Shawnee, Oklahoma. Born on August 15, 1986, she has established herself as a talented artist in the music industry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith her unique blend of folk and indie rock influences, Samantha's music captivates audiences with its heartfelt lyrics and soulful melodies. Her songs resonate with listeners on a deep level, exploring themes of love, loss, and personal growth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInspired by artists such as Laura Veirs, Basia Bulat, and Jesca Hoop among others *similar artists*, Samantha's sound is both familiar yet distinctly her own. Her captivating performances have earned her a dedicated fan base around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"a-small-death","title":"A Small Death","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter releasing her previous album in 2017, Samantha Crain thought she would never make music again. Instead she found herself trying to work out how to live without the use of her hands, which had become paralysed. However, with a steeliness and concrete determination to at least employ music as a pastime, if no longer professionally, she tasked herself with perseverance in finding her way back to health. And she never gave up. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSomehow, the paralysis in her hands eventually abated, and Samantha was able to transfer the music that she had been able to dream up in her head to the guitar and then to record in what she describes as a miraculous “bonus round” to her career. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis new found appreciation and gratitude for still being able to make music professionally can be heard throughout Samantha’s new album, \u003ci\u003eA Small Death\u003c\/i\u003e. It’s a record that brims with hope and a deft wryness, packed with the sort of melodies and stories that have been warming the hearts of those so familiar with and fond of her work over the years. There are plenty of people who know precisely what this Oklahoman is capable of and they have the records to attest to it. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSamantha’s unlikely return to music has an additional chapter - in 2019, after playing a show together, Lucy Rose was so moved by the music she heard coming from Crain on stage that it inspired her to turn a long-held pipe dream into a reality: Rose would launch her own record label, with Samantha Crain’s \u003ci\u003eA Small Death\u003c\/i\u003e as the first album to be released. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Real Kind Records","offers":[{"title":"Brown | LP","offer_id":50462114513227,"sku":"1145452","price":21.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50462111072587,"sku":"1084974","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/4977853a-d0e7-43a1-a887-4bc79b27af5f_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727255072"},{"product_id":"gumshoe","title":"Gumshoe","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen multiple car wrecks rendered \u003cstrong\u003eSamantha Crain\u003c\/strong\u003e injured and bed-ridden for a year and a half -- an experience that was explored within her last full-length album \u003cem\u003eA Small Death\u003c\/em\u003e in 2020 -- followed by the pandemic immediately afterward, the Oklahoman singer-songwriter finally slowed down.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHaving lived within something of a nomadic, solitary existence for as long as she can remember, she's sprinted from city to city on tour while leaving love, consequences, and tough conversations behind for the past two decades. Coming off the road has given her more time to reflect, more time to connect with the people in her life, and more time to let her curiosity blossom -- as revealing and challenging as it has been.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe experience has been a crash course in humanism, as she continues to question what it means to be a friend, a partner, a piece of a community. It's explored throughout the entirety of \u003cem\u003eGumshoe\u003c\/em\u003e -- her forthcoming seventh studio album and first in half a decade, with an apt title that evokes the sense of mystery-solving she's welcomed these last several years of staying put in Oklahoma.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs a loner for almost her entire life, \u003cstrong\u003eSamantha\u003c\/strong\u003e has recently come face-to-face with major life events, social interactions, and consequences that she was never exposed to before. The questions of being human that offer clarity, as much as they do a fog of uncertainty with what comes next. How will things play out? Who am I when I'm not onstage? How will I pay my bills? What am I willing to do for my family?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom helping her partner navigate their struggle with addiction, to working several odd jobs (a hair salon, a wildlife rescue, a resource center for unhoused people, and a liquor store doing booze deliveries), to discovering how to love and be loved -- \u003cem\u003eGumshoe\u003c\/em\u003e finds \u003cstrong\u003eSamantha\u003c\/strong\u003e piecing together the puzzle of how we find perspective, groundedness, responsibility, and coexistence in a world with other people. 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