Six-time Grammy nominee Maria Muldaur, who’s been dubbed “The First Lady of Roots Music,” has debuted a new single in the wake of receiving her COVID-19 vaccination. “I’m Vaccinated & I’m Ready for Love!,” was released on Stony Plain Records to radio and all digital platforms on October 8.

“As I drove away from receiving my second vaccination shot, I was immediately overwhelmed with an immense feeling of liberation, exhilaration, lightness and joy,” Muldaur said. “It was a beautiful spring day, so I rolled back my sunroof to enjoy the ride, and before I knew it I spontaneously started singing ‘Vaccinated and I’m ready for love’ at the top of my lungs all the way home! I sort of chuckled to myself and forgot about it, but the next day the refrain returned and I found myself singing it throughout the day. I realized this was a pretty catchy refrain that wouldn’t go away, so I called my guitar player Craig Caffal and told him, ‘I’ve got the title and I’ve got the hook—help me write the song!’

“He did and we recorded it, and made a video to go with it. It is my hope that it will be a useful message in convincing vaccination reluctant folks of yet another good reason to get vaccinated. If all the other good and common sense reasons of protecting loved ones, children, the elderly, etc., didn’t do it, perhaps the thought of being liberated to safely resume/pursue a happy active love life will be the motivation that does the trick!”

In her most recent album, Maria Muldaur collaborated with acclaimed New Orleans street band Tuba Skinny to record Let’s Get Happy Together, an excursion into the vintage jazz and blues sounds of the 1920s and ’30s.