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Avonlea’s inspirations come from legends who oozed strength as they bared their souls. “Billy Joel,” she starts, naming icons who rocked decades before she was born, “Carole King, [Queen’s] Freddie Mercury. I’d be listening to Joni Mitchell and Aretha Franklin.” The singer/songwriter, producer and mutli-instrumentalist says that the aforementioned legends taught her that “you should just say what you need to say honestly and the rest will follow. It’s just about figuring out where to put the pieces. They were masters of figuring out that beautiful puzzle.” Avonlea’s poetic and vulnerable lyrics about her body image, mental health and gender identity spill easily from her pen as she owns her power as a woman and a musician. She is steadfast in accomplishing just one goal. She recalls a recent session where she was writing “and crying my eyes out, getting tears all over the organ that I was playing, thinking, ‘Man, this fuckin’ hurts. But I know that I will feel better once it’s out.' I really hope that someone will find solace in my words.”