Northern Express Article by Craig Manning
Ever since she got her start at a Borders open mic night in 2002, local singer-songwriter Angela Josephine has been a notable fixture in the northern Michigan folk music scene. She’s flitted in and out of the Contemporary Christian Music world, earned comparisons to the likes of Amy Grant and Nick Drake, and brought her modern indie-folk sound to venues ranging from Horizon Books in Downtown Traverse City to the stages of the TC Film Festival.
Recently, though, things have been pretty quiet in the Angela Josephine camp.
That’s set to change this month, as Josephine releases her brand-new full-length album, titled Daylight. However, even as Josephine gears up to drop her first musical release since 2012 (and her first full-length album since 2005), it’s the period of relative silence between those recordings that is most informing her mindset.
Josephine has been through a lot since the release of her 2012 EP, titled Stone Bright Solid – Volume 1. Her sister died of cancer, and she became the primary caregiver for her father-in-law in his final stages of life. Just recently, her mother-in-law passed away unexpectedly. Amidst these crushing losses, Josephine says that she was “trying to be everything to everyone” while still attempting to maintain a career.