Singer/songwriter and Chapel Hill native Roxanne Fortney stopped by Live & Local this week, to mark the one-year anniversary of her debut album “Growing.”

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“I wrote those songs from the ages of 20 to 24,” Fortney says of the 11 tracks on “Growing.” “We always grow, but that’s a time in life where there’s a lot of discovery … And I love those songs a lot, but (even now) some of them aren’t as relatable (to me) as they once were…

“(And) it felt like tapeworms being removed from your body,” she adds with a laugh about the album’s initial release. “Everyone’s like, ‘you must be so excited.’ I (was) like, ‘I feel like it’s all out of me. Like, it’s out. (Now) I don’t have to carry it. I get to cherish it.’”

The cover of Roxanne Fortney’s album “Growing.”

Fortney’s already working on new music – and in the meantime, she’s got a show Friday, April 3, at Local 506 in downtown Chapel Hill, alongside Lisa Pigeon & Friends and Myka Lace.

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And while she’s already looking ahead, Fortney is also continuing to celebrate the success of “Growing” – and the positive response she’s gotten to it.

“I’ve had people say ‘that song is really healing to me,’” she says. “And that means a lot, because I went through painful emotions and created these songs that are potentially bringing healing to other people, and that’s what means the most. There’s a song, ‘Day By Day,’ that’s actually kind of like a heartbreaking song – and someone has been like, ‘I listen to that song every morning, and it’s really helped me through a lot.’”

Roxanne Fortney stopped by Live & Local to discuss “Growing” and perform the album’s opener “If Tennessee Had An Ocean.” She also gave us a sneak peek at a new single, “Spaceship” – which she describes as “a COVID song” which was actually written and recorded in 2020 but is getting its first release next month. Listen:

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