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Published on 2026-06-15
Acclaimed singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Janie Price, known professionally as Bird, has released her new album, Held Here Together, available now on all streaming platforms and vinyl.
Bringing together her acclaimed EPs Heads Or Tales (2025) and Strange As Folk (2026) alongside three brand-new songs, Held Here Together serves as Bird’s most complete and emotionally resonant collection to date.
The album features collaborations with celebrated songwriters and musicians Andy Dunlop of Travis, Ally McErlaine of Texas and Hal Lindes of Dire Straits while showcasing the cinematic folk sound and rich storytelling that have earned Bird critical acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic.
The album arrives amid a breakout moment in the United States. Bird’s recent EP Strange As Folk earned strong support at college radio, reaching the NACC Top 30 and receiving an official add from KZSC Santa Cruz, while Americana UK awarded the project a “Highly Recommended” review.
Leading the release is the haunting new single “The Car,” a cinematic meditation on heartbreak and emotional collision. Built around finger-picked acoustic guitar that gradually expands into sweeping string arrangements, the song uses the imagery of a devastating car crash as an extended metaphor for a relationship pushed beyond its breaking point.
Through vivid storytelling and immersive production, Bird transforms shattered glass, fire and loss of control into reflections of emotional collapse, creating one of the most powerful songs of her career.
Recorded between Tuscany, Nashville and Austin, Held Here Together balances intimate songwriting with expansive arrangements while blurring the lines between contemporary folk, orchestral composition and cinematic storytelling.
Speaking about the album, Bird shares:
“I really never meant to make an album! The intention was really just to write a few songs again after spending so long on the last musical project, but a few songs became two EPs and then a few more new songs and suddenly it was a whole body of work. I also love releasing physical products – I still believe that an album should be listened to as a whole and that the ritual of listening to a group of songs together is a beautiful thing.
“So I’m excited that this project will be released on vinyl as well as digitally. The EP tracks have been remastered specially for this release and we actually dug in and remixed a couple of tracks too.
“The album artwork is also very meaningful – I shot it in my dear friends’ house in Denmark when I was making the video for ‘The Boy and The Swan’ with them. When I asked them if I could use the photo I took for my album that I wanted to call Held Here Together, they explained how those toys were important friends from their childhoods. They had offered comfort and calm during challenging times and when they got married the toys were joined together and placed in the corner of their living room.
“I love how now the memories and emotions of my two best friends are held together in their childhood toys, in the same way that the joining of my songs as an album reflects a similar intention. My ideas, observations, reflections and emotions are all held together inside the songs that I have made over the past year.”
The album artwork became a fitting visual representation of the project’s central themes of connection, memory, resilience and the ways people and stories remain intertwined over time.
Beyond the album, Bird has recently attracted attention for her documentary short You Found A Friend In Elvis, which investigates the claim that Roy Orbison intervened to stop a plot to steal the body of Elvis Presley in 1977. Inspired by Bird’s song “Roy,” the film was selected for the Lighthouse International Film Festival.
An award-winning, classically trained multi-instrumentalist of Irish and English heritage, Bird has released five previous albums: The Insides, Girl and A Cello, Figments Of Our Imagination, Beat and the award-winning soundtrack album Wider Than The Sky.
Her live career continues to grow internationally, with recent appearances at SXSW and Folk Alliance International alongside performances at The Great Escape and Black Deer Festival.
Bird has also contributed string arrangements for Grammy, BRIT and Ivor Novello Award-winning artists. She is a voting member of The Ivors Academy and serves on the Musicians’ Union Writers Advisory Board.
Alongside “The Car,” the album features the new songs “Winter Rose” and “Things Get Broken,” completing a collection that feels both expansive and deeply personal.
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