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Whereas Veronica Swift's 2019 Mack Avenue Records debut, Confessions, contained songs that played out like pages from her personal diary, on this captivating follow-up, This Bitter Earth, she flips the script by crafting an ingenious song cycle that tackles sexism ["How Lovely to Be a Woman"], domestic abuse ["He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss)"], environmental issues, racism, xenophobia ["You've Got to Be Carefully Taught"] and the dangers of fake news ["The Sports Page"].
Accompanied by a team of kindred spirts that includes pianist
Emmet Cohen, guitarist
Armand Hirsch and flutist
Aaron Johnson, bassist
Yasushi Nakamura, and drummer
Bryan Carter, Swift curates material that covers multiple genres, including jazz, American musicals, vintage R&B and contemporary rock.