Featured Tune: "Ashes" from jeanie

Ashes as Testimony: jeanie’s Anthem of Survival

With Ashes, LA songwriter jeanie (Christy Lamb) transforms catastrophe into art, crafting a track that feels less like a single and more like a living document of a city in crisis. It’s rooted in the devastation of the Eaton Fire, yet its resonance extends to anyone who’s ever stared down loss and wondered what comes next.

From the opening moments, there’s a raw honesty in the production—delicate layers that feel singed at the edges, as though the music itself has been touched by flame. jeanie’s voice rises through this charred soundscape with quiet authority, balancing vulnerability and resilience in equal measure. Rather than overwhelm the listener with drama, she builds tension slowly, allowing the weight of silence, breath, and texture to carry as much emotion as the notes themselves.

What elevates Ashes is its dual purpose: it memorializes what’s gone while urging us to envision what could be rebuilt. There’s grief here, but also stubborn hope, the kind that refuses to vanish even when everything else has been reduced to smoke and cinders.