CR 076: Courtney Hartman on Her Motherhood-Infused Album, ‘With You’
The singer-songwriter discusses how pregnancy, parenting, and a desire for connection fueled her latest release.
A few years ago, singer-songwriter Courtney Hartman was gutting and rebuilding her home when she and her husband were hit with a slate of unforeseen challenges: he fell off a ladder and was unable to walk for months, she was dropped by her booking agent, their car was totaled, and in the midst of it all, Hartman learned she was pregnant.
“Things kind of unraveled a bit,” Hartman says now. “It felt like we were stripped down. It was really humbling. Maybe humiliating is a better word for it. And in that space, I felt like I needed to put aside all the songs I had been working on in order to pay attention to what was happening in my body.”
She says she was hesitant to write about her pregnancy, knowing that her songs are typically shared publicly. Luckily for listeners, she pushed through the hesitancy and this fall released With You, a gorgeous collection of songs centered around pregnancy, labor, and motherhood.
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