Barr’s Using the Launch to Encourage Listeners to “Keep Tahoe Blue”
Before the Natural Landscape is Already Gone
California native recording artist and activist, Lockwood Barr’s seeing the writing on the wall with a faded and passionless relationship in her latest release, Already Gone. Dropping on all major online retailers on Friday, July 23, fans can pre-save the single on Spotify by visiting: https://show.co/Jp5gvli.
“I know this song is angry and emotional, but it’s shamelessly fun to sing,” says Lockwood. “It’s all about the groove. There’s no winning side to a breakup, and often times people choose to stay and let it linger rather than ripping the Band-Aid off. Writing this was all about ripping that metaphorical Band-Aid off.”
Penned by Lockwood, Fredrick Wayne Shafer and her producer Jamey Perrenot, Already Gone is also serving as an opportunity for this Golden State Native to shine a spotlight on the “Keep Tahoe Blue” campaign. Reared just a couple hours away in Tiburon, the Lake Tahoe area has always been a part of her experiences throughout her life serving as a frequent escape to one of the most unique and picturesque landscape on the globe. “Keep Tahoe Blue” is a campaign anchored by The League to Save Lake Tahoe, Tahoe’s oldest, largest and most successful environmental advocacy organization. The group was founded in 1957 by a group of concerned Tahoe-lovers in reaction to plans to develop the Tahoe Basin with four-lane highways ringing the Lake, a bridge over Emerald Bay and a population to rival San Francisco. Fortunately, the League succeeded in defeating that plan, kicking off a homegrown environmental movement that has inspired countless other campaigns around the world, from Asia to South America. At the heart of that first effort was the desire to protect Tahoe’s unique natural environment, so it can be enjoyed for generations to come. Nearly sixty-five years later, the League’s mission remains the same.
Barr will be raising funds for the organization when she executes her single release event on July 23. Offering a limited number of in-person and streaming tickets, fans can expect an intimate look at Lockwood’s first solo release in 2021. Full details on the show are below. 50% of all proceeds will be donated to “Keep Tahoe Blue.”
Date: July 23
Time: 7 PM CT
Location: Gray Matters Studio
Address: 2301 Bransford Avenue, Nashville, TN 37204
In-Person Ticket Limit: 20
In-Person Ticket Link: https://tinyurl.com/
Streaming Tickets Limit: 30
Streaming Ticket Purchase Link: https://tinyurl.com/
Using quarantine time to recalibrate her efforts, Lockwood penned material for her next project and helped build the “Stories & Songs” drive-in concert series spearheaded by Cheley Tackett that was anchored at Nashville Craft Distillery throughout the summer of 2020. In addition, she expanded her outreach to her fans by publishing mental health tips to help her audiences cope through the challenges of life in a pandemic. This wasn’t Lockwood’s first extension into mental health awareness as she previously worked for a decade, after losing a friend to suicide when she was in high school, with a group that lobbied to add suicide prevention nets to the Golden Gate Bridge. Their efforts paid off and the nets are projected to be installed in 2021.