Jen Cloher is a songwriter and performer living on unceded Wurundjeri land in Naarm (Melbourne), Clohers taut, incisive, terse brand of rock is charged with the static tension that comes with being an eternal misfit; they have spoken truth to power with the shrewd eye that only an outsider can possess. Over the course of five albums, they have won a J Award and an AIR Award and been nominated for an ARIA and the Australian Music Prize, and founded Milk! Records in 2012 with Courtney Barnett. I Am The River, The River Is Me Clohers fifth album, was recorded between Aotearoa (NZ) and Naarm (Melbourne) with producers Tom Healy (Tiny Ruins, Marlon Williams), Anika Ostendorf (Hachiku) and Clohers longtime drummer Jen Sholakis; the album brings in trailblazing artists including Emma Donovan (Gumbaynggirr, Yamatji), Kylie Auldist, Liz Stringer, Te Kaahu (Waikato-Tainui, Ng?ti T?p?), Ruby Solly (Kai Tahu, Waitaha, K?ti M?moe) and members of the Naarm-based Kapa Haka, Te Hononga o ng? Iwi. The entire record feels communal a celebration not just of Cloher, but of the rich, life-filled communities that surround them.