ZARA ALEXANDRA & JIMMY CANTWELL
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A singer-songwriter who grew up with old mountain ballads and got comfortable with her voice in Appalachian picking circles. She gets most of her inspiration from everyday people, “community champions” and the unsung everyday hero’s like single mothers and solemn farmers. Her early music really resembled her big family in the Blue Ridge Mountains and her immigrant father who always reminded her to look outside her world. From living and working in a bookstore to working on goat farms she’s traveled around before setting out west to work on ranches and has since settled on a farm and ranch in southern Colorado.
"Music to me is community. It’s gathering around to tell a story, doesn’t mean you have to be good or important – just means that you’ve got a little something to say, maybe something to help you get by or maybe it’s to help your friend get by. Though, music has mostly helped me through all the big things in life that I needed help understanding; the guitar knew how to gently ask those things out.
"Music and working outside seem to do the same thing for me, smooth out my mind and work its way through my hands. I feel so grateful to live on a farm and ranch everyday. The wild and the not so wild that are my neighbors wake me up every morning. And there’s something unmistakably honest about it all, pink skies, and early mornings, life that learns to walk before your eyes and the death that always reminds you that it’s all temporary and we're all just passing through. Makes me a me a very grateful witness." – Zara Alexandra
Jimmy Cantwell
Growing up my uncle had a small cow calf operation I spent quite a bit of time helping on and my parents raised and trained thoroughbred horses until my father passed away. The horse has been the greatest passion of my life and for many years my wife and I have worked together starting colts and riding for the public. I also spent some time in the Army where I got to put that passion to use as a soldier and later civilian trainer of the Fort Carson Mounted Color Guard. Where I trained soldiers to ride, performed Cavalry skills demonstrations and charges at rodeos, military ceremonies and trained special forces until it’s unfortunate disbanding in 2023. It was quite an experience and I’m grateful I got to be apart of it. Honestly the music has been there through it all but I don’t really know where it came from. It’s always meant a lot to me but I never really took it seriously. I grew up playing fiddle and singing a little when I could but I never in my life imagined I’d ever write a song and I never even tried until a year ago. Not until life forced my hand and a series of events happened that pushed me into writing about life and the things I’ve seen. Now a year later here we are. So I hope you enjoy. A big thank you to J.B. for all the time and effort he puts into these videos and for allowing me to be on his Channel. He’s doing some great work for folks like me so don’t forget to show your support and subscribe if you haven’t already. Thanks for listening! Jimmy currently has no recorded music but he's got some in the works so keep up with Jimmy on social media to find out more.
