Music
• New Releases •
Inara’s fifth full-length album Songs of Douglass and Littell arrives March 20, 2026 on Release Me Records.
Album art by Geoff McFetridge
The record revisits songs written over thirty years ago by her longtime friends Eliot Douglass and Philip Littell. Inara first met Philip as a child at the Theatricum Botanicum and later performed in his and Eliot’s work in the 1990s Los Angeles theater scene. Known for her folk-pop and indie projects—All Rise, Dearest Everybody, The Bird and the Bee, and The Living Sisters—she brings her clear, warm voice to these songs with a sound that blends her folk-pop roots with subtle jazz influences. Recorded live with orchestrations by Jeff Babko and production by Mike Andrews, Songs of Douglass & Littell, not only honors the creative bond between Inara, Eliot and Philip, but also brings these long-forgotten songs into the light—tenderly, joyfully, and with a sense of homecoming.
Click below to hear the first two singles:
• Past Albums •
• Singles and EP’s •
“America” - “I wrote this song after a road trip I took with my children a few summers ago. As we drove through some of the most beautiful parts of the country, and then sometimes the most depressing highways filled with all of the same chain restaurants, it got me thinking about the past and the future of this country. I suppose it’s just a song about what freedom really means.” ~Inara
“Sex In Cars: Road Angel Project” - Inara teamed up with Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters for this duet version of the track “Sex In Cars” from her EP The Youth of Angst. This duet is the first in a series of “Road Angel Project” releases, with all proceeds going to the COVID-19 Relief Fund at Sweet Relief Musicians’ Fund.
“The Youth of Angst,” a collection of three tracks produced by Wendy Wang. “I wanted to write from the perspective of my younger self, but also with the idea that I could never actually have that perspective again. I suppose this bundle is nostalgic for a time and feeling that isn’t really possible to recreate, or only possible to recreate in my imagination.” ~Inara