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Zoe Ackah

This Hen

self-released
Release Date: May 31, 2023

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1 I Miss You (But My Aim is Getting Better)  
2 What's a Little Fire?  
3 Gotta Stop Loving You (But I Can't)  
4 This Hen (Is Starting to Hate Men)  
5 Let Somebody Love You (Feat. John Borra)  
6 Just a Trickle, Just a Nickel  
7 I Wanna Be Your Fool  
8 Pack Up All My Cares and Woes  
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Singer-Songwriter Zoe Ackah (pronounced Zow-ee Ah-kah) releases her sophomore album This Hen, and announces her Toronto album release show on May 31st at The Cameron House with special guests Katey Morley and Steve York. This Hen is a collection of 8 original songs - steeped in classic country - written and produced by Zoe, including the brand-new single "This Hen (Is Starting To Hate Men)". "Not all men, not individual men, just men as a collective body,” Zoe explains. Sure to draw the ire of 50% of the world’s roosters, this song is an interrogation of the patriarchy, sung from the perspective of a chicken from the familiarity of her coop. A banger of a tune, with all the cluckin’ and pluckin’ you’d imagine from a song made inside the barnyard that is a mother’s daily life. Listen & buy the new album here.

The album also features the catchy lead single "Gotta Stop Loving You (But I Can't)" - a song that tells a very familiar tale of self-inflicted heartbreak, "I Miss You (But My Aim is Getting Better)" - a quirky old-fashioned ballad inspired by corny punchlines from Zoe’s Grandfather’s personal writings, discovered after his death, and "Just A Trickle, Just A Nickel" - a Country tune with a Reggae twist that considers the lives of homeless women. The album includes a duet with John Borra called "Let Somebody Love You". The album features an A-list of Toronto musicians including Kevin Breit, Ian de Souza, Rebecca Hennessy, and Davide Di Renzo. 

  • Zoe Ackah chats about 'This Hen' with The Sound Cafe
    Posted At: July 23, 2023
    The Sound Cafe's Douglas McLean writes….Zoe Ackah is a genre defying and imaginative singer-songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist based in Toronto, Canada. Known on the Toronto scene as a singing drummer and studio backup vocalist, Ackah is now forging a solo path with fierce determination and a trunk full of creative ideas."This album is about how we view our past," shares Zoe Ackah. "I dedicated...

  • Zoe Ackah's 'This Hen' has a story to tell / DOMINIONATED
    Posted At: June 1, 2023
    Singer-Songwriter Zoe Ackah is a genre-defying and imaginative singer/songwriter, producer, and multi- instrumentalist based in Toronto, Canada. In late 2020, she released her debut album, The World Inside, and on May 12th, 2023 released her second full-length, This Hen.While studying for a Master’s Degree at York University focusing on choral conducting and classical composition, Zoe also sang her heart ou...

  • Zoe Ackah - This Hen is full of wit, wisdom, and the lightheartedness still expected of women / Roots Music Canada
    Posted At: May 31, 2023
    Roots Music Canada Paul Corby writes…….Zoe Ackah has her new country roots album out this month. It’s entitled This Hen. It’s eight songs full of wit, wisdom and “the tenderness and lightheartedness still expected of women.””It’s about producing eggs under capitalism, trying to lay a golden one,” she explained with a chuckle. Her struggle to incubate the music was, after all, somewhat informed and inspired ...

  • Zoe Ackah chats with SiriusXM - Canada Now
    Posted At: May 16, 2023
    Singer-Songwriter Zoe Ackah releases her sophomore album This Hen, and announces her Toronto album release show on May 31st at The Cameron House with special guests Katey Morley and Steve York. This Hen is a collection of 8 original songs - steeped in classic country - written and produced by Zoe, including the brand-new single "This Hen (Is Starting To Hate Men)". "Not all men, not individual men, just men...
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