Helping clean up in the aftermath of the tornado that hit her neighborhood, Maia Sharp says there were many group hugs and well-attended fundraisers that, in hindsight, unfortunately helped spread the deadly coronavirus through the community. Sharp was one of those infected. It hit her hard with an accompanying bout of pneumonia. Luckily, she discovered that despite being a recent transplant to Nashville, her support network was already well developed with friends willing to lend a hand at every turn.
Sharp's latest album Mercy Rising is her most personal to date. The songs reflect the ups and downs of life, and even though it was recorded before the pandemic, the lyrics resonate strongly for everyone could just use a little bit of cosmic mercy from the universe.
She joined us from her home in Nashville to share a few tunes from the new album.
