Little made sense, on paper, about a folk singer in her 50s with a young child and a touring lifestyle pivoting to chase an MFA—and specifically to study a form that pays nothing. Speace did it anyway, and she says it’s made all the difference.
Speace is an award-winning Americana singer and songwriter with her poetry debut on deck. The Cardinals arrives September 1 (Red Hen Press), followed by an accompanying single “Days of Letting Go” on September 4. Both anchor “The Cardinals: Songs, Stories & Poetry,” an all-encompassing tour beginning August 27 in Columbus, OH and running into 2027.
The collection is a lyrical investigation of marriage and divorce, mothering and mysticism, and that stupid financial decision turned out to be the very thing that carried her through the hardest stretch of her life. In our latest interview, Speace takes us through her core fears and hopes as she expands her creative reach into new terrain.