Baltimore-based singer-songwriter Miles Gannett will release his debut album, Meridian, on April 16. JamBase is pleased to premiere the record’s latest single, the nine-minute closing track “Maria Sabina.” Gannett co-produced Fred Travers and multi-instrumentalist Ron Stewart, of veteran Baltimore bluegrass outfit The Seldom Scene, appear across the 12 tracks making up Meridian. Advertisement Gannett wrote “Maria Sabina” about the true-life story of the Mexican woman who played a significant role in bringing hallucinogenic mushrooms to the mainstream. Regarding the song’s titular character, Gannett stated: Maria Sabina was a Mazatec “Wise Woman” who lived in Oaxaca, Mexico. The American amateur ethnomycologist R. Gordon Wasson, who had previously gained recognition for his book