This edition of LITM Singer-Songwriter Picks brings to you stunning indie-folk tracks, alternative country and Americana, and country-blues. The list features artists Tyler McGinnis, Darren Flynn, and Elke Louie.
Tyler McGinnis - Like Make Believe
Sure to get your heartstrings strumming, ‘Like Make Believe’ by Tyler McGinnis is a complete story told through heartfelt imagery and warm melodies. The instrumentation of the track combines alternative country and lush Americana sound elements, and this combination immediately sets up the stage for the song to be one of the best country love tracks in recent times. McGinnis’ velvet-like vocals do complete justice to convey the heartfeltness of the melodies and the rich emotion in the lyrics. The lyrics have a beautiful story playing out woven richly with soft, simple, real imagery and in the end love is really all about the simple moments culminating into an all-consuming feeling.
Darren Flynn - I Ain’t Gonna Worry About It
Straying from the contemporary music scene that pushes for overly polished, overly produced tracks, ‘I Ain’t Gonna Worry About It’ by Darren Flynn is all about simple, honest emotion backed by minimal musical ornamentation. Leaning towards a country-blues musicality, the instrumentation of this track is beautifully simple and bare – a simple acoustic guitar layer carrying the track effortlessly. The mood of the song emerges from an idea of not worrying about things one does not have a control over and choosing to live one day at a time and going with the flow. This idea becomes all the more important in today’s day and time when everyone seems to be chasing after something, and forgetting to live life in the midst of all that chasing.
Elke Louie - Lavender
Capturing the profound simplicity and the resulting intimacy that colours love,‘Lavender’ by Elke Louie feels like lying down on a field of daisies with your lover, looking at changing skies. The instrumentation emerges for an indie-folk musicality, and it emanates warmth through each achingly beautiful strum of the guitar and the banjo. In the simple musical arrangement there is a shimmering quality that simply makes you want to close your eyes and let yourself be transported to the world the song captures. The lyrics are poetry emerging from the observance that we become capable of in love. A song such as this one is hard to come by in today’s time, and you simply ought to experience the beauty that this song is.
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