Crystal Bowersox is currently in the midst of a West Coast tour which will take her to Yoshi’s in Oakland, CA this evening. Looking ahead, the 2010 American Idol runner-up who has since performed with Harry Connick Jr.,Michael Franti, John Popper and many others will release her new live record on June 16. Alive presents 14 songs, leading off with “The Ride,” which we premiere today.

Bowersox tells Relix, “’The Ride’ is a story about an adventurous one-night encounter; breaking the rules and doing very thing your gut and your mama told you not to. We all choose the road we travel. There’s no such thing as a wrong turn in life, except to refuse the lesson available in every experience. If you buy that ticket, you ride that ride…”