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It can be very difficult to yo-yo between life on the road and coming home and reintegrating oneself into “normal” society. Her favorite people to write with are David Shaw and another local legend, Boyfriend, but her wishlist of artists to collaborate with is much longer and includes Kendrick Lamar, Feist, Beyonce, Shakey Graves, John Mayer, and Radiohead.Įvery once in a blue moon, an entire song will appear from inside her and that, she says, always feels sacred. She goes on to develop that initial idea by herself or in a session with another songwriter, creating other parts, forming the structure of the song, and writing more lyrics. I think I still have a note in my phone of lyrics that she thought of on our first run together but she couldn’t take down herself because she was the one driving the van. Mostly she is at her piano, writing.Įvery song is different from the next although, she admits, most of her ideas come from nowhere and she records them immediately. That said, her very favorite place to be is at home, often times sitting at a desk with a giant, hand-drawn calendar above her.

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“What I’ve learned from being a mostly touring musician is that I have strength in my ability to get on stage and perform in a way that genuinely connects with people and that my shortcomings as a human being are still learning how to manage and communicate my emotions maturely, especially when under the pressure and stress of touring.” Since then, she has been touring and promoting her own music across the country and has stood on many stages throughout her career. Koerner ran with that and what was a few weekend shows turned into a year and a half of touring together from 2013 to 2014. Later on, after releasing another self-produced album (the aforementioned Neutral Ground) with no management, no booking agent, no real plan, and within a day of giving up entirely, she got a call from Galactic about the possibility of touring with them for a short run. One day when she and Shaw were hanging out, he asked her to help him on another Galactic track which went on to become “Dolla Diva”. She moved to New Orleans and began touring shortly after that. While I was on a weekend trip to New Orleans before moving here, he asked me to help him write some melodies and lyrics over a Galactic track. David and I became quick friends and collaborators. “I met The Revivalists in 2011 when they played a show at Fatty Arbuckles in my hometown of Shreveport, Louisiana.

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This is the first tour diary in a project series aimed at introducing fans to their favorite artists in an often unseen way and I am grateful to kick things off by talking further with Koerner about her musical beginnings and process.īut it was while that she was producing that album that another chance encounter with beloved New Orleans frontman David Shaw catapulted her to the next phase of her career. Not long after our introduction, I too was hired to go on the road with Maggie and the band as a tour manager and chose to document our journey that summer. In fact, I just made myself laugh because the first song on her sophomore album Neutral Ground is entitled ‘Sirens’.

And it shows, her music is haunting yet irresistible much like Homer’s sirens. She is straight-forward, bold, and has no limits when it comes to speaking her mind–all insanely exceptional qualities when pursuing a career as a songwriter. When I did finally get the chance to meet her (in the flesh – as they say) I was enamored with her grit, a quality I did not readily expect when I was welcomed into her Easter egg-yellow home and greeted by her and her fluffy (and giant) dog Tom. They had been hired together as her touring band for the festival circuit and other runs in the spring of 2017. I first learned of Maggie Koerner through three musicians–friends and colleagues of mine from the local bands Sexual Thunder! and Yugen (now defunct).