Crys Matthews is "Waking Up the Dead"

Rachel Cholst

October 11, 2024

Rainbow Rodeo

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Crys Matthews ain’t scared of no ghosts. In fact, she communes with them on her new single “Waking Up the Dead.” Matthews is a consummate political songwriter and spiritual guide, and on her new single — off her upcoming album — Matthews recounts a moment she had in a Quaker cemetery, showing the ghosts there that their long-sought cause of abolition has been realized.

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Crys Matthews a Black woman with short hair stands in a field wearing teal blazer, bolo tie and belt buckle

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