Spire Lobby Series Presents: Rececca Correia

Produced by Grammy-award winning artist, Keb’ Mo, Grown Up Games is the sixth release from independent singer and songwriter, Rebecca Correia. The album began with inspiration from a single tune that ultimately led to recording an EP of 6 songs—as well as discovering a greater sense of community and personal growth along the way.

“It all began after overcoming a hurdle in my life around November 2016,” says the 39-year old Massachusetts native speaking from Leiper’s Fork, Tennessee, where she spends half the year. “I sat down and wrote a song called ‘Solid Ground.’ The very next morning I woke up from a vivid dream of a woman dancing on a ship,” she explains. “I recognized both the ship and the woman in my dream as the S.S.V. Tabor Boy [a ship owned by a private high school in Marion, Massachusetts near Rebecca’s hometown] and Boston Marathon bombing survivor, Adrianne Haslet.” Rebecca had been following Ms. Haslet on social media, inspired by her story of perseverance, after the terrorist attack caused the dancer to lose one of her legs. “I knew immediately the dream and the song were going to intersect in my life, but I didn’t know exactly how.”

After “Gin,” Rebecca recorded an original, “Brand New Day,” written with artist and guitarist, Jack Pearson, that illustrates overcoming the perils of depression. A co-write Rebecca had on Keb’s Grammy-nominated 2014 release, Bluesamericana, the tender “So Long Goodbye,” was next and features Keb’ Mo’. Then, an inspired collaboration with revered Nashville singer and songwriter, Beth Nielsen Chapman, resulted in “Looking Back,” described by Rebecca as “a wholehearted confession of the profound grip and affect one person has had on my life.” Lastly the record includes, “Baby, Don’t Burn” a lovers long distance lament.