[Cover photo credit to Zayne Isom]

Mon Rovîa has shared his new single “Old Fort Steel Trail,” the latest track from his forthcoming debut album, Bloodline, arriving January 9, 2026. The Folk-influenced song explores “where Mon comes from and how those experiences, from Liberia to the U.S., continue to shape him.”

Mon shares:

The road I lived on for three years near Olney Montana is set in my mind. If it weren’t for the two boys who lived to the right of us, I don’t think the memories would have stayed as long. There was a river behind our house that ran for miles. We used to walk up it, barefoot, against the current. Our parents never asked where we were. We were one with nature, one with the hush of pine and water.

This song came from that river. From the dirt under my nails. From the weight of questions. I’ve been circling ever since, picking up stones, casting some, carrying others. Don’t stare too long at your mistakes without action. And once you have done the work, lay it to rest. Don’t continue grave robbing yourself. Little by little, I’m learning to put the past down.

Bloodline is a 16-track project exploring themes of “memory, identity, war, migration, grief, and resilience”, serving as “both personal memoir and collective testimony.”