Van singer/songwriter americana, folk, country artiest Nora Jane Struthers wordt op 21 februari het album “Bright Lights, Long Drives, First Words” uitgebracht als opvolger van haar album “Champion” uit 2017. Geïnspireerd door een aantal drastische veranderingen in het leven van de singer/songwriter werd het album opgenomen toen Nora Jane 8 maanden in verwachting was van haar dochter.

“Nice To Be Back Home” is de eerste single van het album.

“One of the central questions on this record is: Can I have and realize two dreams?” Struthers, who releases her records independently, wrote on the album’s Kickstarter fundraising page. “If you know me, you probably know that I’ve recently become a mother through the miracle of egg donation. (I was diagnosed with ‘Premature Ovarian Failure’ when I was 18 years old.) As I was getting closer to fulfilling my dream of becoming a mother I began wonder, “Will motherhood supersede my dream of spending my life playing music out on the road?”