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THE STARS, THE OCEANS & THE MOON
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WEDNESDAY 23 MAY 2018 EDINBURGH USHER HALL
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RWARD of material scarcity. ‘For me as a songwriter,’ Andrews says, ‘it’s important to not always need something personal to happen to write a good song. Otherwise you’re always in a constant state of despair, searching for the feelings.’ When Andrews does delve into the personal, however, it’s with nuance and charm in lieu of self-indulgence. ‘I’ve Hurt Worse’ sarcastically dissects a failing relationship, while ‘Long Road Back to You’ closes the album with the irresistibly lilting, twilit romance of a travel ballad.
Throughout the
album, Andrews is uncompromising in her exploration of poverty, isolation and human suffering, mature in her awareness of musical responsibility and legacy. May Your Kindness Remain, she confesses, ‘was actually inl uenced by musicians who have committed suicide or overdosed. I always felt that was their way of escaping, because you can get so lonely on the road.’ In its own right, the record validates Andrews’ talent while testifying to the emotive endurance available in music. The title appeals to ‘those little bits of kindness that are so integral to the human spirit’, the forms of deep connection we draw in our lives and may call upon in times of trouble. Tender and dreamy, yet bristling at the edges with political notes, May Your Kindness Remain illustrates Courtney Marie Andrews’ knack for classical folk wisdom, balanced against sorrow and hope in contemporary America, the embers of longing beyond our present.
Courtney Marie Andrews plays Summerhall, Edinburgh, Thu 19 Apr; May Your Kindness Remain is out now on Loose Music.
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