{"id":204907,"date":"2026-04-21T17:10:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T17:10:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/204907\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T17:10:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T17:10:36","slug":"watch-wilby-perform-on-a-brooklyn-rooftop-for-neighborhoods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/204907\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Wilby Perform on a Brooklyn Rooftop for \u201cNeighborhoods\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

We first connected<\/a> with songwriter Maria Crawford nearly a year ago when she released the country-tinged single \u201cExperiments,\u201d which would appear on her debut album as Wilby<\/a> later that year. With Center of Affection out for five months now, the artist shares that her relationship to these songs has begun to change as they\u2019ve taken on new lives in a performance setting. \u201cI\u2019ve heard it said before that songs have three different lives: when you write them, when you release them, and when you play them live,\u201d she shares. \u201cWith the album release, I\u2019ve been in a second life with these songs, and it\u2019s brought up a lot for me. There was a moment where I realized I can\u2019t take any of it back, and a kind of raw vulnerability that I am experiencing at a newer level.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Before she kicks off a set of spring dates at Baby\u2019s All Right in her hometown of NYC, Wilby filmed a \u201cNeighborhoods\u201d session for us on a gloomy day in Brooklyn. Set up on a friend\u2019s rooftop, she gives an acoustic performance of the album\u2019s final single, \u201cBody,\u201d a \u201cself-validation\u201d anthem which was initially written during a darker period in her life. \u201c\u2018Body\u2019 is cathartic for me to sing, and feels natural to perform in a stripped-down setting, just like I wrote it,\u201d she explains. As for the video, she notes that it was filmed by the friend whose roof she\u2019s playing on and features a scenic view. \u201cWe shot this video on my friend Shea\u2019s roof, and it just so happens to feature a skyline of my new home, New York.\u201d<\/p>\n

Check it out below, and catch Wilby on tour at the dates listed here<\/a>.<\/p>\n