RAINBOW BABY, CATHLENE PINEDA’S THIRD ALBUM THROUGH ORENDA RECORDS, TO BE RELEASED ON MAY 13TH, 2020. TRACKS COMING SOON!

Cathlene Pineda’s latest album, Rainbow Baby, is music that reflects on four years of motherhood, pregnancy, loss, and, ultimately and most powerfully, love. The music is the product of a person reborn after the physical and emotional trials that encompass motherhood: the ever-changing, moment-by-moment journey of a profound, messy, humorous, and beautiful life.

Part of the album deals with the after effects of tragedy. A “rainbow baby” is a baby born shortly after the loss of a previous baby due to miscarriage, stillbirth or death in infancy. The story of the title is simple: a rainbow follows a storm. Despite the heaviness of loss, Pineda’s album is, at it’s core, an ode to the promise of new life.

Pineda reflects, “Throughout this difficult time I would sit down at the piano and play and let the thorny, twisting path of my thoughts unfold. Everyday, the music led me to it- I didn’t have a plan for what I wanted it to sound like. I gave up my power in all of this, in my life, and just surrendered. The music was written quickly and powerfully.”

Cathlene Pineda, piano and compositions

Kris Tiner, trumpet

Tina Raymond, drums

David Tranchina, bass

John Baffa, recording, mixing

Stephen Marsh, mastering

Artwork, Jeremiah Lloyd Harmon