Songwriter Spotlight: Rain Phoenix & Kirk Hellie

Rain Phoenix and longtime collaborator, Kirk Hellie, created her 2019 solo debut, River, a musical exploration of homage to her late brother, River nearly three decades earlier. The passage of nearly three decades finally unlocked the creative floodgates for Rain Phoenix to craft River on her LaunchLeft label. The singer, songwriter, activist, actress, and philanthropist first re-visited her earliest foray into music as one-half of Aleka’s Attic alongside late big brother River Phoenix. From there, she derived the strength, soul, and spirit to forge a body of work that not only serves as a totem to his legacy, but also illuminates the bold breadth and beauty of her own artistry. On the 25th anniversary of his death in October 2018, she made the decision to release the Time Gone, boasting two unreleased tracks from Aleka’s Attic - “Where I’d Gone” and “Scales & Fishnails” - alongside her first-ever solo composition “Time is the Killer” featuring Michael Stipe of R.E.M. River flowed out of this.

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