Witness: Hillary's Song Cycle

by Rebecca Pronsky

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Milkday An album that has a lot layers to it. You have young women speculating, musically, on one of the most powerful women of modern times. What does it mean? What does that view look like. The whole thing is clever, especially that opening. Favorite track: Forgotten.

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1.	Things Never Change 02:52	buy track
2.	Why Do I Try? 03:34	buy track
3.	Walk In The Woods 02:02	buy track
4.	On the Edge 03:42	buy track
5.	Forgotten 03:16	buy track
6.	What Is Power / Things Never Change (Reprise) 03:17	buy track
7.	Two Hawked Lions 00:46	buy track
8.	Witness 04:04	buy track

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“As the dust began to settle following election night, myself and many people in my community were left shocked and devastated. On top of that, Hillary Clinton all but disappeared after giving her concession speech. Her absence only made me feel more disoriented. I could not stop thinking about her and wondering if she was okay. I honestly wouldn't have expected that I'd turn to writing or singing at that time but to my surprise, I did — and when I did, I found myself singing to Hillary."

Rebecca began to delve into the mind of her candidate, envisioning the post-election inner world of Hillary, creating a musical monologue of Clinton’s life during that mysterious time. The result is Witness: Hillary’s Song Cycle, an 8 song concept album that imagines the emotional landscape of one woman coming to terms with a new reality.

To help her better illustrate Hillary's struggle, Rebecca assembled an all female musical team to join her on the songs. The larger implications of this project were not lost on the songwriter. "The themes that rose to the surface of the songs were the same themes that were coming up in many of my personal conversations with the women in my life: issues of loss, anger, hope, power, male dominance, humiliation — things that all women who supported Clinton were grappling with in their own way after the election.”

In Witness we follow Hillary as she goes for her infamous walks in the woods, wrestles with the voices of her doubters, dances barefoot in her living room, and swears... a lot. Rebecca Pronsky takes listeners on a journey from disbelief to depression, through rage and grief, and ultimately to acceptance and hope.

TimeOut NY calls Rebecca's songwriting “literate, passionate and wry” and that’s never been more true than on Witness where she channels pain, politics, humor, and feminism into one record. At the one year anniversary of the 2016 election, Witness emerges as a unique, playful and yet heartfelt project that creatively fills in the blanks of those missing weeks following Hillary's election loss. While imagined, Witness speaks volumes about the very real emotional world of many Americans during an uncertain time.calls Rebecca Pronsky’s songwriting “literate, passionate and wry” and that’s never been more true than on “Witness,” where she channels pain, politics, humor, and feminism into one record.

"Witness" will be released on November 8, the one year anniversary of the 2016 election.

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released November 8, 2017

Music and lyrics by Rebecca Pronsky

Vocals: Rebecca Pronsky
Piano: Deidre Rodman Struck
Guitar: Viva DeConcini
Bass: Mary Feaster
Drums (tracks 1 - 6): Heather Wagner
Drums (track 7): Allison Miller
Trumpet: Jackie Coleman
Background vocals: Joelle Lurie, Deidre Rodman Struck

All songs produced by Rebecca Pronsky except “On the Edge” and “Two Hawked Lions” produced by Rebecca Pronsky and Rich Bennett
Engineered by Kerry Pompeo at Acme Hall Studios and Concord Music Studios
Mixed by Rich Bennett
Mastered by Justin Colletti

Art and design by Megan Piontkowski

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Rebecca Pronsky Brooklyn, New York

Rebecca Pronsky is a born & raised Brooklynite whose music has been featured on NPR, WNYC, and BBC6. Her songs have appeared on television shows such as Breaking Amish, Usta Usta, and 90210. Rebecca's 2013 album Only Daughter was named a “Top 10 Country Album of the Year” by the UK’s The Telegraph. Since 2016, she has fallen into political comedy, most notably with "Witness: Hillary's Song Cycle." ... more

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