The National Youth Poet Laureate in 2019, Kara Jackson brings her latest poetry to life with an album that melds her love of folk and R&B, Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love?

The debut from the Chicago native recalls the stark, raw vocals of Joni Mitchell as she threads stories of love and its disappointing fallout with twangs of guitar, swelling strings, and lush piano arrangements.

Storytelling leads the way on Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love?, from Kara Jackson, your Album of the Week at The Current.