Music Minute - Jessie Baylin: Strawberry Wind, Deluxe Edition

  Jessie Baylin returns with a Deluxe Edition of Strawberry Wind (releaseing 5/31), an album that delivers on a promise Baylin made with herself: to create an honest album for kids and parents alike. With four new tracks added, the album delightfully expresses a childlike sensibility through tracks overflowing with an excitement for life that speaks well to children. Weaving through lyrical themes of dream life, supermoons, and summertime vibes, there are also some gentle doses of reality on Strawberry Wind. “I don't want to lie to my kids. Life can be hard sometimes and you need to find a way to deal with it," says Baylin. "There will always be things in life you can't control. But you can dream of a better world and make your own refuge." She continues, “I wanted it to feel magical and remind people of the child inside of all of us that is filled with a sense of wonder, pure joy, and hope.”  

“What makes Strawberry Wind different is that it approaches children's music in a way that trusts kids to be more mature than we give them credit for, and lets adults be more whimsical than usually permitted.” – Rolling Stone

Baylin’s trademark dream-pop vocals shine through, her inherent musicality is present, and her '70s Laurel Canyon/Brill Building writing prowess is front-and-center. Having released five critically-acclaimed albums over the years, Baylin says the seed was planted for this album after recording a cover of Harry Nilsson's "He Needs Me" from the kids' film Popeye, released via Amazon Music’s original “Acoustics” playlist. This led to her creating Strawberry Wind as an original and exclusive album for Amazon, released April 28, 2018.  "Since becoming a mother, I found myself being around the house a lot, and I started gravitating to these wonderful albums I remembered from my own childhood — The Beatles, Harry Nilsson's The Point!, John Lennon, Roger Miller's Robin Hood, and Carole King's Really Rosie,” says Baylin. The magic of those iconic '70s records she mentions is that “they're all grounded in solid songwriting and were never dumbed down for the audience.”


The Associated Press praised Baylin’s music as “Lush thoughtful pop music … [that] plays on the mind like late afternoon sunshine filtered through layers of gauze.” Strawberry Wind, now with four new tracks added (three on the vinyl edition), is an enhancement we can all celebrate and rejoice. These stellar recordings are for children and adults, at any age.

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Watch a video for the album's title track HERE.
Watch a video for "Dream Catcher" HERE.
Watch a video for "Supermoon" HERE.