My name is Ashley. FAWM 2023 is FAWM number 8!! She/they

Guitar, piano, uke, mandolin, autoharp, occasional beeps and boops (generally provided by others.) Voice of an angel who's seen some sh*t.

Ingrid is now a toddler! She hasn't slept really since New Year's Day! And I've had two colds since then! Even more than last year, it will be a miracle if I make it to 14 this time! (That said, she is now already better at the harmonica than I am, so at least she might be a more effective collaborator?) Anyway, we'll see!!

Love to #collab; some of my fav FAWM work has been collabs. Last year was my collabiest year and I had THE most fun. Hit me up! But seriously, please do; I am pretty sure I only made it over the finish line last year because of my lovely, amazing collaborators. (This is a cry for help.)

Music I was really into this past year: Anaïs Mitchell, Bonny Light Horseman, The Beths, Ashley McBryde, Fleet Foxes, Plains, Tank and the Bangas, Jamila Woods, Japanese Breakfast, Kevin Morby, The Sundays

Perpetual influences: Neko Case, Joni Mitchell, PJ Harvey, David Bowie, Kate Bush, Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen, Billy Bragg, Aimee Mann, Stevie Nicks, Jason Isbell, Sleater-Kinney, Big Thief, Yo La Tengo

In my neverending quest to create tracks that don't sound like garbage, and having learned a lot last FAWM in particular, I got a new audio interface (though I didn't make the progress with learning EZDrummer I would have liked.)

Glad to be here as always, regardless of how it goes for me this time! To just give myself a month of focusing on music again, to any degree, in this beautiful and chaotic season of life is a gift itself. Can't wait to hear what y'all do, too! <3