On Neon Grey Midnight Green, Neko Case is a force of nature.

From her vocals to her lyrics, there are few artists that can harness and unleash nature’s wild power in their songwriting. But it’s also the way she performs, as if that power is being channeled through her.

Her connection to nature is something you can also sense in her stunning new memoir, The Harder I Fight the More I Love You. The book details her early days as a musician, as well as her childhood. It was a childhood that found Case forging that connection to the natural world and music.

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This episode of World Cafe was produced and edited by Kimberly Junod.  Our digital producer is Miguel Perez. World Cafe’s engineer is Chris Williams. Our programming and booking coordinator is Chelsea Johnson and our line producer is Will Loftus.

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