I am in a moody space, the morning after, the haze of tired but happy. Today I was searching for something to wash over me, to provide a soundtrack to the Zen time and space I would like to cultivate all day. The Foggers are offloading what we captured in Austin during the Music Fog Marathon, and we hope to start rolling videos your way by the end of the week, or soon thereafter! No sleep for the wicked, ya know?

So today, as it is Tuesday, we bring you Maggie Björklund. She is Danish, a singer and superb pedal steel guitarist. Her debut solo album comes out today; Coming Home is ethereal, merging Maggie’s warm folksy with musicians Joey Burns and John Convertino from Calexico, and Mark Lanegan, Rachel Flotard, and Jon Auer.

This comes from her press release, ”Though born and raised in Denmark, Maggie has nailed the wide open American West with her knockout pedal steel skills and resilient vocals. Coming Home is an album that straddles delirium and ecstasy, when the vultures circling overhead look like doves. Psychedelic desert pop music. It’s the sound of a bead of condensation rolling down a beer glass at a grimy cantina. It’s the sound of the glare off the windshield when you turn the ‘67 Caddy west. It’s the sound after the gunfight.” We couldn’t have said it better. Here is Maggie Björklund with “Wasteland” recorded at Crackle & Pop! recording studio in Seattle.

- Jessie Scott