Who is Silvia Passiflora?

Silvia Passiflora is a Southern Gothic Folk singer-songwriter, poet, and founder of Scriptaluna LLC. Known for her botanical themes and Appalachian influences, she has authored over 1,850 poems and released the albums 'Incarnata' and 'Florentinae'.

What is Southern Gothic Folk music?

Southern Gothic Folk is a musical tradition of witness within Americana. It draws from folk, blues, and country to document the history and landscape of the American South. Silvia Passiflora's work in this genre often explores the intersection of nature, mythology, and the human condition.

How does horticulture influence Silvia Passiflora’s music?

As a Certified Master Gardener, Silvia Passiflora uses botanical expertise to inform her poetic voice. Her artist identity and lyrics are deeply rooted in provenance and the natural world, often featuring botanical naming and imagery from the Southeast United States.

What is Silvia Passiflora's 'Year of Public Works'?

The 'Year of Public Works' is Silvia Passiflora's 2026 performance season. It is characterized by a sustained commitment to public-facing creative work, featuring a series of landmark broadcast appearances, songwriter rounds, and literary events across the Southeast United States.

Passionfruit (Hot Hot Hot) by Silvia Passiflora

From the recording Incarnata

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A sultry roots-blues track carried by percussive ukulele and soulful harmonica, Passionfruit (Hot Hot Hot) simmers with desire, sweetness, and Southern heat. Silvia Passiflora’s unmistakable vocal delivery pairs with Jackson Allen’s harmonica, pouring in like summer wind through a screen door—wild, tender, and heat-soaked.

Framed by the vine of Tennessee’s state wildflower (Passiflora incarnata), the song draws on folk storytelling, lyrical duality, and acoustic intimacy. This 24-bit version was mastered for warmth and presence—offered here as a Vinyl-Quality Master for listeners who want to hear the music in its richest form.

—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, lyrics, composition
Jackson Allen — harmonica
Silvia Passiflora — producer
Sean McPherson — mixing engineer, East Atlanta Recording
Marco Corales — mastering engineer, Atlanta
John Pineiro — remastering engineer, Perfect Image Recording, Nashville

ISRC: QT-48A-25-00002
UPC: 737558709696

Lyrics

Passionfruit in the palm of my hand
From a Georgia vine, a passion plant
From an ancient garden that time forgot
Pick it — forget me or forget me not

Chorus:
Passiflora Incarnata, that’s the Latin name
Passionfruit or Maypop, it’s still the same
Hot from the sun, this steamy fruit
It’s packing body heat and a head of juice
And it’s hot, hot, hot

But in the South in the Garden of Eden
Kids running wild with barefoot freedom
Playing bulls eye with passion bombs
Staring down the barrel of that slingshot arm

It’s a native fruit from red clay soil
A true medicinal not imposter oil
Snapped from the vine, hot from the sun
It’s déjà vu on the tongue
Déjà vu on the tongue

Wild and free, oh taste the seeds
It’s a savory jubilee
There’s juice exploding in my mouth
Oh My!
Welcome to the South!

Passion fruit for dessert
Passion juice for my thirst
Passion cream in my dreams
Passion in my head
I’ll make you scream

Passionfruit in the palm of my hand
Passionfruit in the palm of my hand
Oh! Oh! Oh!