Ora Cogan

Radio Bean x Foam Presents

Ora Cogan

Monday, September 28th | 7pm doors 7:30pm show

All Ages | Free Parking

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Ora Cogan

Ora Cogan’s music is alchemical: part instinct, part ritual, and always conjured from the edges where life feels sharpest. With Hard Hearted Woman, she mixes haunted folk, psych rock, and a shadowy strain of country, building a realm where catharsis feels lush, mysterious and vital. Shaken by the tenor of modern life, Cogan pulled in a circle of kindred musicians and made a

record shaped by someone who has looked into the abyss and decided, again and again, to choose curiosity.

Hard Hearted Woman grew out of a blur of cold-water plunges, long river swims, late-night ruminations with friends on art and politics, and long drives through the rural Lillooet landscape to visit her godmother. Alongside her band and guests from both the country and experimental worlds, she recorded with David Parry (Loving) at Dream Club in Victoria, B.C., as well as in her studio in Nanaimo, and remotely with Tom Deis. The result glows like something pulled from smoke and seawater — intimate, shimmering, and carved with wit as much as grief. It’s a swirling, jewel-toned ode to all the angels and the demons.

A work of devotion to mystery, to community, and to the strange power of making art in a fractured world, Hard Hearted Woman is a record about hardness and resilience; it’s the shell we grow so our most human, breakable selves can survive. Hard Hearted Woman is for anyone trying to stay open, even when the world makes that feel impossible.

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We're heartbroken by the news that Radio Bean as we know it is closing. Over the past 26 years, Lee Anderson, the Radio Bean team, and the countless artists who have passed through its doors have built a home for artistic exploration and community. Radio Bean has helped shape the Burlington and Vermont music scene in ways that will endure, and we hope someone can carry that spirit into its next chapter. This show was originally booked at Radio Bean and is one of a handful we're grateful to welcome to Foam during this transition.