{"id":2024659,"date":"2025-09-15T22:57:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T22:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2024659"},"modified":"2025-09-15T22:57:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T22:57:08","slug":"hudost-releases-bold-new-album-the-monkey-in-the-crown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/hudost-releases-bold-new-album-the-monkey-in-the-crown\/","title":{"rendered":"HuDost releases bold new album The Monkey in the Crown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><\/div>\n<p>There\u2019s a fire burning in the garden of Eden, and HuDost are inviting us to dance through the flames. With the release of their newest album, <em>The Monkey in the Crown<\/em>, out now on Open Sesame Music, the genre-defying duo from Montreal-by-way-of-Kentucky delivers a bold, cinematic collection that fuses Americana, world rock, and retro-pop with a poet\u2019s soul and a protester\u2019s heart.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve ever wondered what it would sound like if Florence Welch, Rumi, and Radiohead took a road trip through Appalachia\u2014you\u2019re getting warm.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: The Monkey in the Crown\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/55cPZIeZMlzNTlgNUvSLcb?si=8Sy_yffSSwS73pbDNhYdnQ&amp;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis album is a reckoning,\u201d said Moksha Sommer, whose haunting vocals are matched only by the electric intimacy she conjures on stage and in studio. \u201cIt\u2019s about transformation \u2014 how we live with grief, how we rise in love, how we face the fire and still choose to sing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For HuDost\u2014Moksha Sommer and Jemal Wade Hines\u2014<em>The Monkey in the Crown<\/em> is a culmination of decades of activism, artistry, and collaboration. From Bonnaroo to the Levitt Pavilions, they\u2019ve played it all, weaving together harmonium, electric guitars, Balkan folk textures, and a commitment to music as medicine.<\/p>\n<p>The new album features standout singles like \u201cBroken Down in America,\u201d a searing cry for peace in a culture consumed by violence.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-42949\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rootsmusic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/hu.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rootsmusic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/hu.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rootsmusic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/hu.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rootsmusic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/hu.jpg?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Another highlight is \u201cActing Out the Outrage,\u201d a poetic gut-punch that calls out performative fury and invites listeners into real emotional reckoning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want people to feel everything,\u201d said Jemal. \u201cThe beauty, the hurt, the hope, the fury\u2014this record is for those who know change doesn\u2019t come easy, but it still comes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Critics have taken note. Rolling Stone\u2019s Kristi Wooten described HuDost as \u201cmaking music for the sacred and the profane,\u201d and with \u2018The Monkey in the Crown\u2019, the duo fully steps into that paradox. Lush string arrangements by SistaStrings (Brandi Carlile) &amp; Matthew Nelson (The Chosen), pounding drums, and choirs of guest vocalists\u2014including Rachael Davis\u2014give the record a sense of spiritual urgency.<\/p>\n<p>From healing after brain surgery to advocating for global aid on Capitol Hill, Moksha and Jemal have turned every challenge into a song. This new record is no different. It\u2019s intimate yet epic, political yet personal. And it\u2019s out now.<\/p>\n<p><strong>See HuDost live:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sept. 13 \u2013 Black Oak Artists Day Party at AmericanaFest \u2013 Madison, TN<\/li>\n<li>Oct. 2 \u2013 WDVX Blue Plate Special, Knoxville, TN<\/li>\n<li>Oct. 2 \u2013 AyurPrana Listening Room, Asheville, NC<\/li>\n<li>Oct. 4 \u2013 Ol\u2019 Front Porch Music Festival, Oriental, NC<\/li>\n<li>Oct. 11-12 \u2013 CaveFest \u2013 Pelham, TN<\/li>\n<li>Nov. 13 \u2013 TBA Longmont, CO<\/li>\n<li>Nov. 14 \u2013 Swallow Hill, Denver, CO<\/li>\n<li>Nov. 15 \u2013 Music at Three Pines, Fort Collins, CO<\/li>\n<li>Nov. 16 \u2013 Cottonwood Concerts, Greeley, CO<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.rootsmusic.ca \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s a fire burning in the garden of Eden, and HuDost are inviting us to dance through the flames. 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