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From The Desk Of Jessica Lea Mayfield: Valentine’s Day

Jessica Lea Mayfield joined her parents’ bluegrass band when she was eight. In her teens, she did some recording with her brother, privately releasing an album under the alias Chittlin’ in 2007. That led to recording with Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys and her official debut, With Blasphemy So Heartfelt, which came out in 2008, when she was 19. That well-received album presented Mayfield as a moody, rootsy singer/songwriter of precocious talent, confirmed by its follow-up, 2010’s Tell Me, also produced by Auerbach. The new Make My Head Sing…(ATO) will surprise listeners who expect a third set of Americana-style folk rock. It’s a grungy power-trio album that places Mayfield’s calm voice in a squall of her electric guitar. Mayfield will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our brand new feature on her.

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Mayfield: I liked Valentine’s Day even when I was single. (It’s obviously better now that I have someone to spend it with, instead of crying into a large stuffed animal from my mom while eating pink and red M&M’s.) My two favorite colors are pink and red, and for one month outta the year everything is pink and red. It’s beautiful and amazing. And I buy tons of heart-shaped things when they go on clearance. I wish it could last forever.