American singer-songwriter Jackson Browne has released a new single called “My Cleveland Heart,” which will be featured on his upcoming studio album. Descent from everywhere July 23 via Inside Recordings. A new music video for the latter single featuring a cameo appearance by singer-songwriter Phoebe Bridgers has also been released.

“My Cleveland Heart” sees Browne undergoing heart surgery amid an audience filled with doctors and other medical professionals, Bridgers being one of Browne’s nurses. The Americana track is filled with steel pedal guitar, jangly chords and catchy vocal harmonies from Browne, the song carrying an upbeat vibe and pleasant nostalgia.

It’s been a long year for Browne, who revealed he tested positive for COVID-19 last March, around the same time much of the United States began to shut down due to the pandemic. of COVID-19. Browne said he may have been exposed to the virus at the Love Rocks NYC benefit concert, but he wasn’t entirely sure.

After her recovery, Browne teamed up with Grace Potter, Marcus King, Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig for the social distanced music video “Eachother”. The trail was to come together while everyone was physically separated due to the COVID-19 pandemic and closures across the country.

In the fall of 2019, Browne joined several other American artists such as Steve Earle, Emmylou Harris and Patty Griffin for The Lantern Tour II, the proceeds of which were donated to the Women’s Commission for Refugees, in solidarity with displaced migrant women and children detained by Immigration. and customs enforcement.

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