Birds and Bees lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains, where the Cherokee Rose — Georgia's state flower — blooms along shaded paths. Inspired by the Appalachian melody of Shady Grove, Silvia Passiflora reimagines the floating verse tradition through a feminine lens — infusing it with poetic storytelling, mountain imagery, and Southern kitchen wisdom.

This version features Silvia on vocals, ukulele, and bird whistle. Her innovative chord melody, played with a pinky slide, recalls the cry of a fiddle, while the whistle evokes birdsong and flirtation. What begins as a nod to courtship —“love is a needle and thread” — soon becomes sacred: love, honey, and cornbread, symbols of a life built together, are woven into the roots-rich arrangement.

At live shows, the intimacy of the songwriting often hushes the room. Listeners instinctively reach for each other’s hands, caught by the purity of the moment and the spell of Silvia’s delivery. This version captures that tenderness in full 24-bit resolution.

—A Silvia Passiflora 24-bit Uncompressed Master—
For Your Grammy® Consideration for Best Folk Album for "Incarnata"

Widely released August 4, 2025
Silvia Passiflora — vocals, ukulele, bird whistle, lyrics and composition
Jeff Evans — producer, Atlanta
Sean McPherson — mixing engineer, East Atlanta Recording
Marco Corales — mastering engineer, Atlanta
John Pineiro — remastering engineer, Perfect Image Recording, Nashville

ISRC: QT-48A-25-00003
UPC: 737558709696