Marlon Williams heard
Kacy Lee Anderson sing and thought she was from a different time. While on tour in Europe, the Kiwi singer-songwriter was listening to the radio and hearing lots of new music, but one song stood out: âSpringtime Of The Yearâ, by Anderson and her cousin/musical partner
Clayton Linthicum. He was entranced by the sound of Kacyâs voice, by the melody of the song, by Claytonâs studied guitar playing, by the warm production. Marlon assumed it must be an unearthed track from the 1960s, recorded by a contemporary of Sandy Denny or Joni Mitchell, but when he discovered that it was actually new, he wasted no time reaching out to the Canadian duo via social media. From that initial contact, first a friendship and then a musical collaboration bloomed. Despite being on opposite ends of the globe â him down in New Zealand, them up in Saskatchewan â they traded songs and letters via email until they were all finally on the same continent at the same time.