Kathleen Edwards and band celebrate Total Freedom with a live album release show Friday at 3pm EST. Join us! | Kathleen Edwards

10 days ago we threw a small ‘Total Freedom’ album release party at Quitters Coffee. My band played beautifully and I feel so fortunate for all the good people in my corner making this happen. It's such a frustrating time out there, a lot of us feel unsure and stuck inside something we can't quite specifically name. I feel it too. Here's us inside a coffee shop nobody can sit it, an album I can't tour, and all of us trying regardless. I've been so humbled by so many kind messages these past few

Pre-order the limited-edition gold vinyl of my new album 'Total Freedom' and get the first single "Options Open" instantly. | Kathleen Edwards

Certain musicians are core to the heart of post-2000 FUV — and Kathleen Edwards effortlessly falls into that category. She first visited the radio station in 2008 and over the past 17 years — and multiple sessions, concerts, and conversations — FUV has been privy to the many chapters of the Ontario songwriter's recording life. In a special event for FUV at City Winery in December, Edwards, joined by Matt Sucich on guitar and backing vocals, played a set of songs that encompassed the scope of her