Nashville singer-songwriter D.L. Rossi bares his soul on his forthcoming album A Sweet Thing (due out on April 12). The album was written in the wake of a battle with cancer and a divorce.
“Something Back,” which Wide Open Country is premiering today, is a soul-searching ballad about what happens when everything you thought you knew is turned upside down.
Rossi says the song, which was the first track written for the album, helped him navigate his next stage of life.
Rossi credits ‘A Sweet Thing’ as being a cathartic emission, a coping strategy for confronting his past. Focusing on the aftermath of the divorce the songs reverberate with feeling. ‘Better’ is a cautionary tale, a man looking in the mirror at himself “I’m broken up, that isn’t an excuse to be an asshole after a few………get your shit together, be better”.
Revealing a glimpse into the self-awareness that he had been lacking for so long, Rossi delivers a thoughtful lyric with the degree of melancholy and sparse accompaniment that the song deserves.
Jennah Bell “Can’t Be Too Careful”
Obsessed! When Jennah Bell pairs her rough voice with that smooth, slick guitar, she creates a new type of classic that we can’t get enough of. She sings about the kind of naked insecurity we all feel, but she does it in her own earthy, and real, style. She’s like a rocked out Carole King with a serious injection of grit.
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Maybe you like the Allman Brothers Band. Maybe you like Chris Stapleton. Maybe you’re looking for that sweet spot between Southern rock and good old Americana country music. Put your faith in Kyle Daniel‘s music. His sophomore LP What’s There To Say? comes out on March 15th, and it’s already received write-ups from the press including big names like Billboard and Rolling Stone.
The lead track “Born To Lose” sheds light on Daniel’s football field-ready voice, the roar of his band’s organ and electric guitar, the smooth dance of the strings, and the light swing of the drums. Any fan of country music will see that Daniels does it right; if you’re that fan, take a listen to “Born To Lose” below. Daniels is touring the Southeast to support the new album; he’ll be back in Nashville on March 26th to play Twang Tuesday at ACME Feed and Seed.
The thread lines of any given Black Mirror episode speak to the here and now in beautifully tragic and brutal brush strokes. “Nosedive” examines our obsessions with being liked on social media; while the award-winning “San Junipero” scrapes up the layers of an afterlife fated to the cloud. Through each griping tale, the human existence, as rich and intoxicating it can be, is filtered through a sour, stunningly-harrowing lens. Los Angeles singer-songwriter Brad Byrd feels such a sharp blade of technology with his new single, “1982,” premiering today.