WHO: Shana Cleveland WHAT: Manzanita (all major formats, plus streaming) RIYL: Robert Wyatt, Opal, Nilsson, Kevin Ayers and his Whole Wide World, Norma Tanega, Jessica Pratt, Julie Driscoll, Michael Nesmith, Sibylle Baier WHERE: California, USA WHEN: March 10th, 2023 WHY: Because you need it HOW: Hardly Art Records WARNING: Don’t listen for the first time in public; you might cry a little (it’s really that beautiful) ALSO: While pedal steel does appear here and there (notably on the absolutely flotational “Gold Tower”), this isn’t “Americana”  Past praise for Shana Cleveland “serene folk infused with a more surreal and cosmic undercurrent.”  Stereogum   “Her voice is clear and …powerfully luminescent”  Paste   “‘Face of the Sun’ is gorgeous, ethereal psych-folk” Brooklyn Vegan