Through her sincere songwriting and haunting vocals, folk singer/songwriter Ira Wolf has connected with audiences around the world. Wolf writes nonstop, even in the midst of a continuous touring schedule. Between stops at music festivals and song-writers competitions throughout the country this year, she took a short break to record, leading to the upcoming release of her third studio album, The Closest Thing to Home. Wolf penned most of the songs for the album while on a GoWesty-sponsored tour of the U.S. last summer. When she wasn’t onstage, she was motoring around the country in a 1988 VW Vanagon. The life of a wandering musical poet may sound romantic, but the truth lies somewhere between adrenaline-fueled exhilaration and endless stretches of boredom and loneliness. Wolf is no stranger to touring, having graced international stages from New Zealand and Southeast Asia to Scandinavia and the UK. Solitude and heartache are common threads throughout Wolf’s work. Honest and unflinching as ever, The Closest Thing to Home dives headfirst into these themes in its folk- and bluegrass-heavy tracks.