Bria Salmena - Green Rocky Road

What this video is

Released July 12, 2021, 'Green Rocky Road' arrived as the lead single from Bria's debut EP Cuntry Covers Vol. 1 (Sub Pop), itself a product of COVID-19 pandemic isolation. The project channels a lineage of deeply rooted American song — the track traces from a Black Southern children's ring game tradition through poet Bob Kaufman, composer Len Chandler, and Greenwich Village folk legend Karen Dalton — and reimagines…

Why it matters

A landmark entry in the 2020s queer Americana and anti-establishment country revival, 'Green Rocky Road' demonstrates how Sub Pop — historically a grunge and indie rock label — was actively expanding into subversive country and folk territory. Bria's cover recuperates a deep folk lineage (Kaufman…

The director

Andrew Matthews and Maitland Austin-Olsen are Canadian co-directors who collaborated on the official video for Bria's 'Green Rocky Road' (2021), released via Sub Pop Records. Their work on this video is consistent with the Canadian indie music video…