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“The other day I was reading some old blogs of mine, from five or six years ago,„Ahn divulges. The young woman in that prose was almost unrecognizable. Back then, she was still discovering her voice as an artist, struggling to articulate emotions, even as basic necessities—like food and shelter—were often up-in- the-air. “My life was so different compared to how it is now.„ But good things emerged from that turbulence. She fashioned the songs featured on her 2008 debut A Good Day, including the sleeper hit “Dream,„ which found its way into several films and TV shows. There were tours with heavyweight colleagues: Ray LaMontagne, Amos Lee, Willie Nelson. She met her fiancée, and after several years of courtship, they married in 2010. The chaos reflected in those long- ago blogs had subsided. “There‘s definitely a peace to life these days that I‘ve never really known before.„


There is a persistent myth that when an art ist is content and settled, the muse goes into hiding. At first, Priscil la wrestled with this age-old canard. “Writing before seemed so much easier, in a way. These days I process my feelings so much better, through thinking about them or journaling or meditation. I was worried there was nothing left to write songs about!„ In fact, what she learned was how to dig deeper in her music, uncovering epiphanies from smaller, quieter moments. “These songs happened in a period of my life where I re-discovered, or discovered for the first time, different parts of who I am.„


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