I feel like at least once a year at the Vancouver Folk Music Festival, I discover one new artist that I take an immediate shine to, and last year was Wallis Bird (who performed in a workshop with Skye Wallace).

So I was happy to hear new music from the Irish singer, in the form of “As The River Flows”, the first single from her upcoming album Woman.

The song builds in intensity -- musically and lyrically -- and if it’s any indication, the new album is going to be a force of nature.