Mind & Body | 2022
MAKING MUSIC TO PICK UP THE PIECES
When the trauma's over, how does one restore faith?
AFTER THE FIRE IN BONNY DOON
With love a fire that can breath life into the most dismal of circumstances, Canadian-American roots-folk duo Dan Frechette and Laurel Thomsen channel its vitality in their new single, “Make Me Come Alive.” Serving as preview to 2022’s new album, After the Fire, “Make Me Come Alive” begins with a storm — a gorgeous, noisy crashing together of violin and guitar — before organizing into an easy rocking groove. Manitoba-born Frechette sings the lead, and we learn about this exciting woman who’s caught his fancy, while Monterey-born Thomasen punctuates the song with
shimmering vocal harmonies and deft, elegant violin. I've got my hands on my destiny She's the one who heats my every chill I've got a feeling deep inside me She's always bound to be my thrill Though some of the songs on After the Fire were written as far back as 1993, it was a 2020 storm — and then a devastating fire — that sparked the making of the longtime collaborators’ new album, The duo had been creating music in Frechette’s home studio in Bonny Doon under California’s Covid-19 stay-athome order; they were wrapping up the recording process when a heat wave, followed by an unusual lightning storm, caused a rapid forest fire. “Dan’s little studio burned the morning after he’d rescued the rough tracks, studio equipment, and a range of instruments we play, yet rarely have the space to bring Continued on Page 42
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Coastal Health & Wellness
2022
