Isabella Gomez-Sarmiento

She's like an indie rock folk singer of the 21st century.

And, you know, she's open for Moona and Noah Khan.

And she's like a folk artist with a more acoustic pop angle.

But she's also released a few protest songs on her social media channels that aren't, like they're not on her albums.

She's just someone who will respond to something big happening in the news by writing these songs and posting them directly on TikTok and Instagram.

I feel like this very folky Americana thing is having a really big moment.

And because it is aesthetically reminiscent of that like 60s, 70s Bob Dylan, Joan Baez thing, I think it only makes sense that we're also getting people who are adding a political layer back into that music with this aesthetic.

Exactly.

Yeah.

And it's like an accessible thing, too.

You know, I think it's a lot easier to write a few lines and play it on your guitar and record yourself and put it on TikTok than it is to produce a whole song.

I think it's accessible from a creator's standpoint and also as an audience member.

Like, I think these are very straightforward lyrics that are very clear and explicit about what they're talking about.

Yeah, I mean, it's an interesting question because I think, to your point, those artists who were making that music never really went away.

Joan Baez performed with Jesse Wells recently.

She joined him on stage.

Those people have still been around.

And there's been new generations that have obviously kept making folk music, protest music, you name it.

But I think...

After the 60s and 70s, when there was that heyday of, you know, protests for civil rights, protests against the Vietnam War, all of this sort of social change happening in the country, the music industry really started to change.