Van Plating
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Orange Blossom Country Queen 🍊🎶🌸// artist// 🎻 player// 🎸 slingin’ instigator// producer🎧//ruckus raisin’ noisemaker// from the 🌞 state 🐊//
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She’s here. 11 songs. All true stories.
8 guests. 33 musicians.
My whole heart, dna, soul.
I dreamed I was at my grandparents house last night. Everyone was there.
I’m proud to be their
“Orange Blossom Child”
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Why do people listen to Jason Aldean? I don’t get the appeal. Not just the racism, homophobia and blatant assholiness—all a huge turnoff for me, a person with a heart.
They’re also badly written, lazy songs.
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who’s your favorite female country singer of all time, hands down, no contest???
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Not lookin’ to start shit here but some of y’all say you support female artists but your Spotify music fest lineup says somethin’ different
think about it
that’s all I’m sayin’
lots of badass women making rad art that is every bit as good as their brothers. X.
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today I learned on Twitter that you can literally say, “hey y’all, being kind is way better and fun for everyone than being a big ole meanie” and someone will still take time out of their day to make sure you know they disagree 🤣
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@MissMargoPrice
completely annihilated us tonight. Rocknroll is such good medicine for a weary heart.
🍊🌸🤘🏼
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We’re lucky to have lived in the time of
@LorettaLynn
I knew she was human but I hoped she’d stay anyway.
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anyway I have a song about growing up in a town of about 6,000 people in rural FL that doesn’t involve brandishing a weapon in anyone’s face, threats or spitting & it comes out on Friday
anyone here think they’d be into somethin’ like that?
I’ll just be here twirling til then
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anyway.
here’s one I didn’t take with my phone. 😉😎💀
Hi, I’m Van,
they call me the Orange Blossom Country Queen.
My self produced 3rd solo album drops this Sept.
singles comin’ at ya this summer.
follow everywhere—I don’t want ya to miss a thing’
📸 by Sarah Baarnes
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Hey y’all
@BlackOpry
is back online but Twitter wiped their 10k + follower base—go follow them and spread the word so all the hard work isn’t lost and can continue being shared by us all!! Xo
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Hi. I’m kind of a mess. Y’all are a stunning, truly supportive, just gorgeously kind community & I’m incredibly lucky to call you friends. Thanks for the support for “The Heron” thus far.
I just 🥹.
thank you.
I love you,
keep sharing.
never forget-what you do has impact.
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back porch editing the last session of the batch for Orange Blossom Child
that’s right song 11 of 11 is flying across the interwebs and the ocean to be mixed in Ireland RIGHT NOW
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restringing my granddad’s 79 Alvarez Yairi with uppers from a 12 string set
real excited to use this bb on some alt versions of OBC songs
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I live in the kind of house where I walk into the kitchen on a Saturday afternoon & a neighbor’s kid is at the stove making grilled cheese to serve to whomever happens to be around. At our house.
“Oh hey Ms Plating do you want a grilled cheese? I’m making them for everybody”
💀
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thank you
@PopMatters
for premiering “The Heron” feat.
@Elizabeth_Cook
I gotta be honest. I’m shaking. that’s how much this means to me.
go take a peek and an early listen RIGHT NOW
#PREMIERE
: Van Plating teams up with Floridan country icon Elizabeth Cook for "The Heron", an upbeat, forward-driving ode to her musical history.
➡️
@VanPlating
's new album is 'Orange Blossom Child'. -
@jfrahm_
@Elizabeth_Cook
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did I say something about not putting any more fiddle on this record????
whoops
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in an interview recently I was asked a question like, “if you could trade places with anyone successful/famous who would it be?” My honest answer was “I don’t want to be anyone else, ever.”
It felt really good to say that.
I might never be famous, but I’ll always be me.
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Who among us loves country?
What about rocknroll?
Anybody here for both?
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pardon a gal a proud moment:
from an interview I gave this morning toward the end:
“Who are some collaborators I could talk to? What about your producer?”
“You already are.”
“Oh ok, how about your engineer.”
“Also me.”
“Who wrote the songs with you?”
“Me”
Him:😳
Me:😎
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5 years ago this month I sat down @ the piano again 2 write songs for the 1st time in nearly a decade.
2 see if I still had anything in there.
2day I tracked guitars for the 11th/final song on my 3RD studio album.
written/arr/produced by me.
w/an incredible crew of players
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the time has come to fly
“The Heron” is out everywhere today
feat.
@Elizabeth_Cook
drums
@JohnonDrums
bass
@WillPHarrison
steel
@adamkurtz
electric guitars
@cjmask
organ Michael Webb
vocals, acoustic guitars, fiddles, writing, engineering, production
@VanPlating
(1/2)
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Y’all wish me luck! I look like a person you’d want to say yes to, right?
😉🤠😘
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holy guacamole 🥑 🤯
just a gal sitting here crying in her sweats in a Nashville Airbnb bc of y’all.
love YOU.
thanks for listening. let’s keep it going, yeah?
Xoxoxo
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I’m not going to tell you how much concentration it takes to play a simple palm muted rhythm part like this at a slow tempo & keep it steady then double it
song 8/this 1 has some of the saddest pedal steel you ever heard & features a very special country rocker who’s dear 2 my🧡
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21 years old then
21 years married now
he’s still my best friend
and if y’all think I have a big personality
well, this is the only person I’ve ever met who can keep up with me
he’s the best human I’ve ever known and I adore him
“5evah” as my tween would say
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my husband said “don’t do the cussin’ song or you’ll lose all those new followers.” I told him “my Twitter peeps are pretty salty I think they can hang.”
y’all ready for Big Time Small-Shot?
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Can I ask you to do me a solid? Yes?
IF we can get The Heron to 10k streams by this weekend, I might have a shot at editorial placement//which means a much broader audience for my work and a shot at sustainability for OBC// will you help me get there? I
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takin’ a lil’ break on the studio floor before the kiddies come home
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happy resurrection day
each year I marvel that I get to be in this picture
celebrating hope against the odds today
& every day
much love to you all from my family to yours whether you celebrate Easter or not
may your day be full of completely unreasonable heaps of renewal
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@USRadioUpdater
@billboard
@lukecombs
@ThomasRhett
@lukebryan
@DanAndShay
@kennychesney
@leebrice
@Jason_Aldean
@kanebrown
@ChrisStapleton
@JordanCWDavis
How about this instead:
@amandashires
,
@brandicarlile
@outsidechild13
@MickeyGuyton
@adiavictoria
@emilyscottrobin
@MarenMorris
@nataliehemby
@iamyola
@TheValerieJune
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you guys
It’s
@livmusicby
‘a BIRTHDAY
send her your happy wishes
brb, going to go light something on fire in her honor
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well this blew my mind when I saw it yesterday 🥹🥰// by David Hosler of
@SevenCmusic
// he painted this while they waited to regain power during the storm// sharing in this journey with likeminded folks is what makes the story so sweet// thank you David 🙏🏻
#orangeblossomcountry
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HOLY SMOKES YOU DID IT
10k in FOUR DAYS
I think I’m gonna puke
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I need a reason to wear this out today
Reentry is a process right?
This is fine for Publix.
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nearing 50k streams for the new album and my brain has lost all grip on how to process information
love y’all
thanks for listening
x
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sweet little Aurora Jean rented her first violin today
she starts lessons at school on Monday
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my plants are almost exclusively dead but I’m almost done writing song 10 of the 11 going on the album so…win?
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Saved the moment to experience this album until the first wave died down til I was able to be done with my own record bc I knew it would require much of me, (in the best way)& as many of you have said-as a recovering southern evangelical myself I am undone
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y’all. After many years and multiple failed attempts, I have FINALLY cracked the code on my Nannie’s “fry bread”
applause, please
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Be a super fan. Hype your people. Smoosh their faces when you see them. Make it embarrassing. PDA online and in person. Tell your ppl you love them. Don’t hold back.
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this is orange blossom country:
“upbeat, instantly infectious”
“melodies that wouldn’t feel out of place on Top 40 country radio but would sure give it a considerable overhaul with its presence.”
an early listen to “The Heron”
here with
@PopMatters
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I think this stuff is wildly fascinating—my top ten cities for listeners right now
Dallas
Denver
Houston
Austin
Seattle
San Antonio
Atlanta
Minneapolis
Chicago
Salt Lake City
Does this seem like a solid tour route?
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I like embedding little hints of grunge into my country songs. It’s a secret lil’ thing that no one else probably notices but makes me super happy.
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writing some weird shit this morning
but they say just do what comes naturally so ☠️🤘🏼
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just realized I’ve worn denim on denim three days in a row this week don’t I get some kind of Americana prize for that?
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when I was a little kid, my mom fought depression a lot off & on
one year we moved into this sweet little house after a long stretch of not having much
& she planted marigolds under the low front windows in the kitchen
& they made her smile
so I like to keep marigolds around
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might release another song in a couple weeks
idk could be fun
what do y’all think?
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just sittin’ here nursin’ a sore throat and workin’ through some alt versions for OBC wyd ??
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eeyyyyy I just noticed somewhere along the way this week we passed 1800 friends here// I just wanted to say,
hello. I love u.
won’t you tell me your name/where you’re from/how the heck you found your way to Orange Blossom Country twitter? (that’s the realm here & I’m the queen)
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4 yrs ago in March I picked back up my pen & started my first album in over 9 years. No band. Just me & the songs. I had no friends no relationships in music anymore no idea what I was going to do about any of it. I just had to make something or part of me would die. So I did it.
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not to get all-burnin’-my-bra-on-a-Monday-night on y’all but it sure has been nice to be makin’ this album and not have a man take the guitar out of my hands a single time
phew what a feeling
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I’m at 853 followers here as of tonight. I wonder if we could hit 1k by the time I leave for Nashville? 9 days. Whadya’ say Twitter fam?
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Y’all did it.
You really did it.
Think we can keep this momentum going til the first single drops next week?!?!!! Yeah?!?!?
you won’t regret being early to this party
xo,
Van
The Orange Blossom Country Queen
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sleepy country music person waiting for coffee
catch ya next time Nashville bbs
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This lil’ orange blossom outlaw snuck her way onto the alt country charts
thanks to YOU
wonderful humans playing/requesting my songs on the radio 🙌🏼
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YOU DID IT
WE PASSED 10k before the next single!!!!
Omg well now I’m a REAL mess.
😭😭😭
Thank you. Let’s keep going.
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publishing said I didn’t spell it out very well today so here we go:
o n e
w e e k
f r o m
t o d a y
n e w
s o n g
“ T H E H A R D W A Y”
jk I just wanted to post this shot Jamison calls “play dead”
(song is real tho)
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just internet thrifted this vintage blue suede biker jacket and it came today I think I’m in loooooooove
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Cheers y’all from me, my favorite sweatpants and this plant. What a great day.
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something I’d like to see is people loved, seen, protected, celebrated as is—no alterations necessary. our differences are what makes humanity so beautiful.
equal rights for everyone, please.
be kind to your fellow beings.
love first.
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I hope I never forget that the size of the room never is and never was and never will be what matters. It’s the willing hearts that matter. And there is nothing like playing songs to a room full of willing, open hearts.
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this qt is 82 today
she calls me her resurrection baby bc she had to fight so hard to have a life of her own, & then to have me and my brother in a time when “older women�� were adamantly discouraged from having children.
she’s always gone against the grain.
I’m proud of her
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happy Monday friends!
I’m taking some time away from making noise to prep for the OBC album cover shoot this weekend!
wishing I had time and $$ to go shopping but it’s not looking likely—so we’re gonna kick butt with what we have!
what are y’all up to?
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warmin’ up for a big ol’ mess of 🎻 today //
this song is getting a pretty special guest vocalist & I bet you can’t guess who it’s gonna be 🤫
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Will at least like 10 of you promise to listen in order—start to finish? Is that too much to ask?
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damn there’s a pile of fiddle and pedal steel on this new album
y’all don’t want that do you
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I’ve been in & out of the studio since I was tiny--1st sesh was for a kids musical recording.I was 6 or 7.I’ve been arranging, performing, writing, tracking ever since but this
@livmusicby
LP was my 1st time holding the creative reins unassisted.I’m so grateful for the trust
1/?
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trackin’ in studio b today with these fine friends
Boris says “hello”
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is there anything better than tucking yourself into bed early after a very full day? goodnight world. I love you.
p.s. I wrote one of the best songs of my life thus far today and it hasn’t stopped echoing in my heart since this morning. what a feeling.
X
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How about one more single before the album drops??
9/8/23 could be good.
I feel like the title track,
“Orange Blossom Child”
might be juuuuust about right
as a
last
little
taste
before you get the full OBC.
How’s that date lookin’ for y’all?
📸 Sarah Baarns
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