Spread the Love Around is a luminous offering rooted in healing, human connection, and spiritual resilience, weaving themes of rebirth, interdependence, and sacred responsibility. It also serves as a companion piece to her 2023 album, Take My Hand. Rooted in her Spanish–Indigenous lineage and shaped by collaborators across three states and two countries, Spread the Love Around blends cosmic folk and ethereal pop into something intimate and expansive—evoking the spiritual minimalism of Ajeet Kaur, the intimacy of Nahko, the feminist vulnerability of artists like Ayla Nereo or Lila Rose, and the emotional gravity of Joni Mitchell in her Hejira era.
The title track, “Spread the Love Around,” is a radiant feel-good anthem of mutual care and collective strength, backed by soaring vocals and a gospel-tinged choir. “New Light,” co-written with lyricist Josie Cali, reflects on seasons of change—births, losses, fresh starts—speaking directly to Vest’s own experience of rebuilding in the aftermath of the fires. A cover of Patti Smith’s “Dancing Barefoot” honors the lineage of sacred femininity and emotional embodiment that has long influenced Vest’s work, while “A Thousand Mysteries” echoes Joni Mitchell’s “Both Sides Now”—a meditation on wonderment, surrender, and the unknowable shape of life.
Other standout tracks include “Our Better Angels,” inspired by Abraham Lincoln’s 1861 inaugural address; and “War or Love,” a pointed anti-war statement that challenges our addiction to violence in the face of tenderness.
Together, these songs form a cohesive body of work—devotional, defiant, and deeply human—rooted in the belief that healing is a communal act and that music can help us return to the better parts of ourselves—and “Spread the Love Around.”
Osmunda Music’s discography is deeply thematic, unfolding like chapters of an ongoing story: Munda, her 2019 debut, was a global pilgrimage, learning to listen to the earth. Love Will Overcome (released that same year) was a protest album in disguise, processing the chaos of the 2016–2020 world. Sending My Love (2020) told the story of one mother in lockdown, writing her way back to hope. Take My Hand (2023) continued that healing arc—a soulful, 13-track meditation on resilience, created as the world emerged from crisis still in need of renewal. Her most recent release, Heartful of Peace (2024), bridges music and education: a visionary album and animated video series designed to instill compassion, acceptance, and environmental stewardship in young children, accompanied by a curriculum for early elementary learners. Each project took shape at Earthstar Creation Center, the Venice Beach recording studio she shares with her husband, Michael Vest.
About Rebecca Trujillo Vest / Osmunda Music: Born and raised in Santa Fe, New Mexico—where her Spanish–Indigenous lineage stretches back more than 500 years—Osmunda Music creates music as ritual: intimate, ancestral, and spiritually grounded. In a world shouting to be heard, she whispers field notes from the spiritual trenches. She is also the co-founder of Pandion Music Foundation, a nonprofit platform supporting independent artists with free resources, expert guidance, and wellness-based tools for navigating the music industry.
