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Melissa Erin – “Whole lotta nothin’”
-If I gave a “best new Americana artist” award, I would give it to Melissa Erin. She’s been one of my favorite finds of 2020, that’s for sure. This song has the expressive sincerity of classic country music. I could picture this one getting applause at the Bluebird Cafe. It’s rare to find a new song with this kind of truthtelling and resonance. Melissa Erin’s vocal is good but the lyrics will stop you in your tracks. Give this one a spin, friends. It’s impressive.
If you like the more downbeat end of the Tom Waits songbook and the intimacy of later Nick Cave albums then this is a perfect companion for your gloomier moments. Just don’t expect more than the wryest of smiles.
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A soft-spoken and reflective ballad that features only an acoustic guitar and Erin’s stirring vocal range, “Settle On Down” is a fitting song to play in the background as you sit back and contemplate the exacting rollercoaster ride of the past few months. Tackling a mix of issues that range from economic worries (“You’ve been working all your life, and you still got those bills to pay”) to social unrest (“There’s static in the air and there’s fighting in the streets”), and existential dread (“Your friends are movin’ on, and the moment slipped away”), Erin continuously reverts to the same mantric exhortation to “settle on down.”