The Swinomish, Wa.-based multi-instrumentalist Katherine Paul, higher generally known as Black Belt Eagle Scout, is again immediately with “Don’t Give Up,” her first single since 2019. It’s “a track about psychological well being consciousness and the significance that my connection to the land performs inside my very own psychological well being journey,” says Paul, who grew up within the Swinomish Indian Tribal Neighborhood on the Puget Sound in Washington.
“Spending time with the land and on the water are ways in which strengthen my connection to my ancestors and to my tradition,” Paul provides. “It helps heal my spirit and is the type of self-care that helps me essentially the most. The lyrics ‘I don’t quit’ imply staying alive. I wrote this track for me but additionally for my neighborhood and anybody who offers with difficult psychological well being points to remind us simply how a lot of a task our connection to the setting performs inside our therapeutic course of. On the finish of the track after I sing ‘the land, the water, the sky,’ I wished to sing it like my late grandfather Alexander Paul Sr. sang in our household’s massive drum group — from the guts.”
Paul’s most up-to-date album, On the Celebration With My Brown Associates, was launched in 2019. She may even be featured on the beforehand introduced Sleater-Kinney Dig Me Out covers album, which arrives later this month. Forward of an early 2023 European tour, Paul will participate within the Indigenous Heritage Day Celebration on Nov. 25 in Seattle.
Black Belt Eagle Scout Tour Dates
Fri. Feb. 24 – Manchester, UK @ Night time & Day
Sat. Feb. 25 – London, UK @ Moth Membership
Mon. Feb. 27 – Paris, FR @ Le Pop Up
Tue. Feb. 28 – Brussels, BE @ Botanique – Witloof Bar
Wed. March 1 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso Upstairs
Thu. March 2 – Copenhagen, DK @ Stengade
Sat. March 4 – Rotterdam, NL @ Rotown
Solar. March 5 – Berlin, DE @ Badehaus
