Lauren O'Connell, The Same Things feat. Julia Nunes

I'd like to start of my second week by saying thank you to everyone who has read my blog. I've been a little blown away by how many views my blog has gotten in it's first week and I'd love to hear some of your feedback as to what you've enjoyed, what you'd like to see, and what you think I could improve upon. Drop me a line by either commenting here, on facebook, or emailing me at the address found in my profile here on blogger.

In the spirit of a new week I've got a song that is divergent from last week in two ways. Lauren O'Connell is the first female songwriter to be featured in Music For Today and she is also the first home grown artist. Much of her work can be found on youtube and indeed, that is what generated much of her fan base.

This song is beautiful in it's simplicity. Extensive instrumentation and complex harmonies have their place in music and indeed can make a song incredible but with them comes the danger of hiding behind complexity. Lauren O'Connell and Julia Nunes let their voices speak for them over Lauren's guitar and banjo playing with only minor accompaniment from any other instruments.

This song is a call back to what I believe folk music is truly about. The words. The singer is the key to any folk band and in fact the singer is often the only part of most folk bands, often accompanying themselves on the guitar or banjo (or both in this case). The voice rises above and I think Lauren does a fantastic job of that in this song.

So again, thank you for reading and listening this past week and I hope you continue to for a long time to come.