On Jan. 29, 2021, The Center for the Arts in Grass Valley hosted Rita Hosking and Sean Feder for a livestream concert. Soon after receiving the audio tracks, they, with Conrad Sisk and Steve O'Neill, released the concert as “Live from Lockdown," available as a CD or download. Their daughters, Hava Feder and Kora Feder, illustrated and designed the album cover.
Rita's father, originally from the mountains in Northern California, worked the night shift at a sawmill as a part of the area’s logging industry. Her great-grandfather, from Cornwall, England, was an underground gold miner in the region. The stories of her family and upbringing find their way into Rita’s songs on this album.
Tune into "Album of the Week" Wednesday on kdrt.org from 4 to 5 p.m., with replays from 9 to 10 p.m. Sunday. The hosts alternate between weeks. This week's show was hosted and produced by David Arthur Reynolds, who also hosts the weekly KDRT show "Celtic Songlines."