What’s On
Alyssa Bonagura resumes her solo career — and scales new heights — with New Wings, an album created during the pandemic. When the global health crisis brought her gypsy lifestyle to a halt, she found new ways to chart unexplored territory without leaving her home studio. Using Zoom, she worked with producer friends Davis Naish (Eric Church), Tom Jordan (Seaforth), and Tawgs Salter during a series of virtual collaborations, steadily building a record about transformation and transition. Following advice given to her by Coldplay’s Chris Martin, she also embraced a rule-breaking, genre-jumping sound that made room for country, folk, R&B, and everywhere in between. On a record filled with sparkling sonics and the occasional high-powered guest appearance, though, it’s Alyssa Bonagura who shines the brightest, delivering songs rooted in struggle, survival, and the soaring feeling of flight.
