A Permeable Life is about what presses out from the heart, what comes in at a slant and what shimmers below the surface of things, says the artist about her 2014 release. To live permeably is to be open-hearted and audacious, to risk showing up as our truest self, and embracing a willingness to be astonished.

Carrie Newcomer has attracted a devoted following with her warm voice, exquisite melodies, and an irreverent yet spiritual view of the world. As in the work of poets Mary Oliver and Wendell Berry, Carrie's songs are based in the ordinary, and infused with images from the natural world.