BY JOANNA C. VALENTE

Marcus Jade, a folk and blues musician, will tear your heart out. His new EP, Moon, is incredible. Jade just released it this month, and it can be yours for $4 (and it’s available for listening on Bandcamp here).

The songs are delicate and vulnerable (such as “Average Love”) and then move to stark, lonely, and melancholic (“In Your Glory”). Jade’s cover of “La Vie En Rose” is bittersweet, utterly romantic, and a fresh take on the classic love song that feels both ultra new and modern, and yet timeless.

Let’s just say, simply, it’s a must-listen. Jade is a musician to watch for a long time.

Joanna C. Valente is a human who lives in Brooklyn, New York. They are the author of Sirs & Madams, The Gods Are Dead, Marys of the Sea, Sexting Ghosts, Xenos, No(body), #Survivor: A Photo Series (forthcoming), and A Love Story (Vegetarian Alcoholic Press, 2021). They are the editor of A Shadow Map: Writing by Survivors of Sexual Assault and the illustrator of Dead Tongue (Yes Poetry, 2020). They received their MFA in writing at Sarah Lawrence College, and Joanna is the founder of Yes Poetry and the senior managing editor for Luna Luna Magazine.