Los Angeles country artist Rosy Nolan releases her new single “How It Feels To Fall In Love” today, co-written with Ted Russell Kamp. The track pulses with fiddle, mandolin, Latin percussion, and Cajun legend Dirk Powell’s accordion, capturing the dizzying beauty and risk of opening your heart. Inspired by the rare queen of the night cactus flower, Nolan uses luminous imagery to reflect the fragile, fleeting nature of love.
The single previews Nolan’s upcoming album Main Attraction (out Oct. 17), an Americana collection steeped in Western swing, honky tonk, and old-time country. The record balances raucous dancehall numbers with heart-wrenching ballads, exploring themes of desire, heartbreak, and resilience.
Highlights include the sultry shuffle “Dead on the Vine,” the cheeky Western swing romp “Get On Me” (with a Jack Hackett–directed video), the haunting ballad “Your Kinda Lovin’” (filmed at the Santa Monica Pier), and the politically charged “Rising Up.” Nolan also offers a feminist take on Hazel Dickens’ “Don’t Put Her Down You Helped Put Her There.”
Raised in the East Bay punk scene and steeped in California’s activist roots, Nolan blends traditional country with raw honesty. She has performed at SXSW, AmericanaFest, Stagecoach 2022, and toured with Dale Watson, Emily Nenni, and Rachel Brooke. Her earlier EP Footprints & Broken Branches, co-produced by punk icon Tim Armstrong (Rancid), revealed her ability to bridge tradition and grit.
For Main Attraction, Nolan reunited with producer/engineer Jason Hiller and co-producer Heather Anne Lomax, crafting a vaudevillian-tinged album that nods to her circus heritage while confronting modern love and loss. The record closes with the devastating ballad “Bad For You,” sealing its place as Nolan’s most vulnerable and powerful work to date.
Tracklist:
Dead On The Vine
How It Feels To Fall In Love
Coming To See You
Them’s the Breaks
I Don’t Need To Know
Get On Me
Rising Up
Don’t Put Her Down You Helped Put Her There
Your Kinda Lovin’
Bad For You
Album Release Shows:
Oct. 16 – Pappy & Harriet’s (Pioneertown, CA)
Oct. 18 – LA Farmer’s Market Fall Festival
Main Attraction credits include Rosy Nolan (vocals, guitar), Julian McClannahan (fiddle), Billy Lupton (mandolin), Doc Brown (steel guitar), Doug Organ (piano), Dirk Powell (accordion), Ryan Posner (bass), Jim Doyle (drums), Kevin Brown (percussion), and backing vocals from Maesa Pullman, Dee Farnsworth, and others.
