Cincinnati's Curt Kiser, who records lightly psychedelic, Americana-infused indie rock as Carriers, is among the many who were heartened by the election results this week. Inspired by Dr. Amy Acton 's victory in the Ohio governor race on Tuesday night, he stayed up until 4:30AM tracking a cover of Gillian Welch and David Rawlings' 2003 Soul Journey cut "Look At Miss Ohio." Kiser explains:

It’s been a big week for Ohio and even bigger for Amy Acton. She’s been an inspiration since the first time I saw her on tv talking to us each day about the latest numbers of COVID cases. She had to deliver really hard information and she did it with such care, intention and gentleness. She gave us hope that we could get through this together.

That night watching her announce that she was the new governor gave a lot of people a sense of hope for something, anything to change in a positive direction...not just in Ohio but in this country that has been living in a new nightmare everyday.…