New music from Little Miss Higgins

Little Miss Higgins is an award-winning musician and songwriter hailing from Manitoba. With her music she offers her own style of charming vocally-focused indie folk music full of breezy melodies and well crafted lyricism.

Her latest endeavour is the multi-faceted project called The Fire Waltz, a five-part miniseries podcast alongside a full-length album of music. The five episodes were released weekly with the final chapter coinciding with the release of the record.

Creating a truly unique audio experience, the artist drew inspiration from stories of her great-grandmother Eva Bersay, recounting the riveting tale of an extraordinary woman. The story follows Eva on her journey to Canada from Jersey Island off the northern coast of France during the early 20th century and depicts the power and perils of love, the realities of a world at war and the uncertainties it brings.

The music-driven project started to take shape in October 2019 and uses old photos, postcards, letters, a travel journal and stories collected from family members to piece together the historical picture. Alongside her two main collaborators Kris Demeanor and Eric Rose, Higgins began by telling the story with song titles which quickly turned to full songs, with 18 compositions written in just 12 days.

The feature single from the project is the song called “Flock In My Head” which sits at track 9 on the album. Commenting on the song, the artist shares, “‘Flock In My Head’ is different from anything else on the album. There is a huge variety of style and instrumentation throughout the songs. I feel very fortunate to have had the extremely talented, high-caliber musicians that jumped onboard.”

Continuing, “However, ‘Flock In My Head’ is me and a single bass drum beat from drummer Joanna Miller. Working with Kris has helped me venture out of my wheelhouse. We used a loop to create a flock-of-geese-like chorus, the drum beat and a sandalwood fan for more percussive nuance. I really love the exploration of this one. I don’t even know if people would recognise it as one of my songs if they heard it without introduction.”

Listen to Flock In My Head below