When did this become a trend? I grew up in Podunk Texas, so
I was forced to hear every awful country song there is and I certainly don’t
remember any songs about killing women! I remember Willie Nelson singing about
his ex having a big butt and everyone loving it because that was his big diss
on her; and I also know that some dude sang a song about tears in his beer but
that was about as harsh as it ever got! Is country now full of jerks who heard
the Marshall Mathers LP and suddenly felt inspired to pick up a banjo and
jack his style? I didn’t think it was possible for me to hate this genre
anymore than I already did but I learned that I should never say never. So with
that in mind, I purposely went out and found a folk band (and yes I group folk
and country together sometimes because most of it sucks) that’s safe for
everyone to love because their actually fairly creative and likeable; only one
or two of them wears a hat with feathers in it.
That band I’m talking is this folky psychedelic group out of
Boston called Quilt. Most of their songs have all 4 members singing throughout
them and their best song Saturday Bride came about from their randomly jamming
together and unintentionally forming a solid song. Their song Tired and
Buttered is a bit more upbeat as far as tempo goes but it works as they are
able to keep the spirit of folk music while also making you rock out; and that’s
something that rarely happens. They aren’t the greatest band ever but I certainly
do like their potential, so I rate them as kind of FRESH and I suggest that you
check them out.
The next artist I want to talk about is Fatima. It sounds as
if she is trying to revive the Neo soul movement all by herself as her style is
a combination of Zhane’s vocal ability and D’Angelo’s jazzy sound. And since
every hipster out there has all of a sudden discovered and claimed D’Angelo as
their own; once again robbing me of my childhood, you can be the first on the
scene to claim Fatima. She is definitely FRESH!
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