New Age/Review Carla Patullo, Martha Wainwright - Fly Under
Carla Patullo is a GRAMMY® Award-winning artist, composer, and songwriter whose music bridges cinematic soundscapes with healing techniques. Her latest album, Nomadica, was sparked by an imagined encounter with her late mother and was just nominated for a GRAMMY® Award in the Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album category. Her music is praised for its primal, cathartic blend of orchestral textures, dreamy vocals, and electronic atmospheres.
Closing the emotional arc of the Grammy-winning album “Nomadica,” "Fly Under" offers one of the most intimate and affecting moments in Carla Patullo’s recent body of work. The album, honored by The Recording Academy in the Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album category, channels themes of memory, grief, and healing, written in tribute to Patullo’s mother. This final track distills those emotions into a quiet, luminous farewell.
Rather than leaning on the album’s grand cinematic textures, the song unfolds with delicate restraint. Co-written and performed with Martha Wainwright, the piece gains extraordinary emotional depth through their intertwined vocals, which feel less like a performance and more like a shared confession. Gentle instrumentation and spacious production allow every phrase to breathe, emphasizing vulnerability over spectacle.
Throughout “Nomadica,” collaborations with ensembles such as Tonality and the Scorchio Quartet help bridge ambient soundscapes with chamber-music intimacy, but “Fly Under” strips things back to their emotional core. The result is a closing statement that feels tender and human, grounding the album’s expansive sonic world in personal truth.
What makes the song so memorable is its quiet courage. Instead of offering resolution, it allows grief and love to coexist, inviting listeners to sit with their own memories and healing processes.
In this way, “Fly Under” becomes more than an album closer—it is a soft landing after an emotional journey, reminding listeners that vulnerability itself can be a form of strength.