With explorative artists like Bog Witch, Sam Garrett, and Elieau, this week’s ‘Spring Folklore’ list is perfect for the wandering traveller. There is edge and wilderness but also softness and sweetness.
Bog Witch – Hatter’s Mad Emporium
Bog Witch is the musical banner of Atlanta-based singer-songwriter, Wendy DuMond. The artist’s music is full of imagery and color. Especially this latest one, ‘Hatter’s Mad Emporium’ where she brings a sense of carnival and bustle to the Alice in Wonderland scene. There is a lot of absurdity that is expressed with an easy and weightless whimsy. The artist’s vocals are wandering and free against a backdrop that blends a groovy alt folk rock with psychedelic jazz and gory frames. She seems to bring a sense of chaos and quirk. You find yourself alienated by the instrumental and vocal tangents but it’s the kind you want to experience and engage with. Listen Now!
Sam Garrett – Be Free
The smoothest folk acoustics you’ll ever hear. Sam Garrett’s ‘Be Free’ is a warm, lilting and intimate composition that is as light as grace itself. It is drawn with gossamer lines of melodies and vocals, so fine-tuned and mellow that they can be dispersed by a breeze. And it flows, much like freedom itself. The artist plays around with perspective in presentation. With light illuminations and slow glowing harmonies, he seems to grant us epiphanic formations. It grows and shrinks, a soft pulse that makes you feel like you’re floating on water. And with that, he gives you the feeling of freedom, one that you can emulate and move towards. Lighter and lighter till you’re as free as light itself.
Elieau – Fruit and Flowers
Elieau is a singer-songwriter and folk pop artist. With soft moments of vocals and expressive melodies, he crafts stories that come alive in the wake of music. In his single, ‘Fruit and Flowers’, he explores the beauty of slowly building a life together. Of understanding each other, thoughtfully cultivating softness and love, and to have it enrich your lives everyday. Elieau’s warm baritones evolve into a contemporary pop form, bridging the two genres with fluid expression. It speaks to his style, an anchor but also a kite. The song has the listener going back to their roots while also feeling the lightness of life. The soft celebrations and their savoring sweetness nicely ties back to the theme, elating the mind.
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