Marisa will be touring her new album, called Volume 1. The record will be released May 2026 on Thrill Jockey as part of a larger multi-year release project connected to her ongoing work curation of what she calls the Anthology of UnAmerican Folk Music.
This curated collection draws from nearly one thousand songs sourced from the private record collection of Harry Smith, where she is focusing on music from regions where the United States has engaged in conflict since 1970, including Southeast Asia, the former USSR, and the Arabic and Islamic world.
Very relevant at the moment! Marisa was awarded a residency through the Tulsa Artist Fellowship granting her access to an archive (of more than 1,200 records) from Smith’s personal collection, now owned by the University of Oklahoma and housed at the Bob Dylan Center in Tulsa. During the nine-day residency, Marisa focused on collecting recordings from countries connected to U.S. conflicts during her lifetime starting in 1970 - the year she was born.
The record features deeply personal interpretations—composed, transcribed, and arranged—of music spanning
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