Interview: Black Belt Eagle Scout guides us through her homeland and its influence on her new album

“There is that through line of connecting back to my homelands, and with that intention of trying to be grounded. I’m trying to feel the support of this area through what I create on guitar, or through what I sing in my melodies, or even in some of the lyrics.”

I spoke to Katherine Paul (KP to her friends) about her latest album as Black Belt Eagle Scout, The Land, The Water, The Sky, and the way her Swinomish heritage and the land on which she lives inspired it. It was a really interesting and heartwarming chat that you can read here.