{
  "id": 12910704,
  "title": "Jess Kerber – “Louisiana Song”",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/jess-kerber-louisiana-song",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-08T17:13:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Stereogum",
    "slug": "stereogum",
    "url": "https://stereogum.com/2513949/jess-kerber-louisiana-song/music/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Jess Kerber, a Nashville-based singer-songwriter, has shared a new single titled \"Louisiana Song.\" The song is about her emotional connection to her childhood home on Louisiana's Gulf Coast, which is threatened by rising floodwaters and global warming. Kerber, who now resides in Nashville, recently released her new album, \"The World Is Dark, But I Want It To Be Funny,\" along with the lead single \"Changing.\" In the new track, she laments the ever-changing landscape of her beloved state, acknowledging that its physical appearance will drastically alter in the coming decades. The song encapsulates the bittersweet feeling of leaving behind a place that holds deep personal significance, even as the very ground beneath her feet shifts and transforms. \"The World Is Dark, But I Want It To Be Funny\" will be available on November 6th through Felte Records.",
  "summary": "The house where you lived when you were a kid: Do you still live there? Does anyone in your family still live there? Is the house still standing? Last year, my wife's parents sold the house that the family inhabited for decades, and the person who bought it demolished the building and put a McMansion there. It was pretty sad! It would be sadder still if rising floodwaters were to absolutely wipe…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}