This one feels a bit like “Go on Lovin'” from her debut album, but this is told in a more general sense rather than addressed to a specific person. “Lovers on the Run” confronts men who make excuses for walking away because they can’t commit, asserting that one day, they will be lonely. The same goes for “Turtle Dove.” This one leans more toward that folk/vintage pop style than the former, more traditional country song, and again, it’s delivered with such sincerity that you can’t help but believe the sentiments Dori is expressing.īut more often than not, we’re dealing with the darker sides of love and relationships. “If I Could Make You My own” is sweet and simple in its delivery, and sung by anyone else, the poetic lyrics might come across as sappy and overdone, but Freeman exudes a sincerity that just makes it work to perfection. Sometimes, it comes from a place of sheer contentment. So yeah, it’s literally not breaking any new ground, but when something was flawless the first time, why deviate from it?Īs mentioned, love is certainly a prevailing theme running through this record. She’s still mixing up the styles, still singing a lot about love, and even has another a cappella tune on this album in the cover of “Ern & Zorry’s Sneakin’ Bitin’ Dog,” an old Appalachian song written by her grandfather. It doesn’t feel like leftovers from the first record or seem as if it’s lacking something new to expand Dori’s sound rather, it’s like a comforting reminder that Dori Freeman is going to be an artist you can count on for quality music. IN fact, this record literally feels like a continuation of that first project, and that’s not a bad thing at all. It seems one of Dori’s talents is a knack for simplicity, and another is instinctively knowing what works for her. Read: Album Review: Dori Freeman Impresses With Her Self-Titled Debut And not just traditional country either, but vintage pop, bluegrass, and folk as well, proving that the best artists aren’t trapped by genre lines but simply write and perform material that suits them and their individual talents. Bringing an Appalachian sound to her brand of country, she displayed a unique talent for taking the traditional and timeless and keeping it forward-thinking and fresh. Dori Freeman was one of the coolest discoveries of 2016 for me, coming from out of nowhere and making an absolutely killer debut album.
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