At the end of last year, Michigan singer-songwriter May Erlewine released ‘Second Sight‘, an overtly political album which left a very strong impression on our reviewer Mike Davies:
In 1971, despondent about the state of America, torn apart by hatred, suffering, and injustice under the divisive policies of Richard Nixon, Marvin Gaye created his greatest work, an album for and about those times. Second Sight is May Erlewine’s What’s Goin’ On. Mike Davies
She has a solid reputation for being one of the Midwest’s most prolific and passionate songwriters and is just as potent with her pen when comes to writing songs of the heart. Today she shared a song via Youtube titled ‘The Life I Had’…
All I could hear was the silence
I had nothing to say
I guess that’s the sound of you leaving
That’s the sound of my heart when it breaks
Alongside Rachael Davis and Lindsay Lou Rilko, May is also a member of The Sweet Water Warblers who formed in 2014. They have just launched a Kickstarter Campaign for their new album ‘The Dream That Holds This Child’. They say:
We have created a record of songs for you that we feel so proud to release. ‘The Dream That Holds This Child’ was born to empower and uplift our spirits and the divine feminine within us. The songs were co-written with Maya de Vitry and were tracked in Nashville with producer, Dan Knobler (Lake Street Dive, Erin Rae) at the legendary Sound Emporium. The album features the incredible talent of Anthony Da Costa (Yola, Molly Tuttle, Joy Williams) on guitars, Maya De Vitry (The Stray Birds) on guitar and vocals, Ethan Jodziewicz (The Milk Carton Kids, Sierra Hull) on bass, Jamie Dick (The Milk Carton Kids, Rhiannon Giddens) on drums, and Jen Gunderman (Sheryl Crow, Willie Nelson, St. Vincent) on keys. The entire session was a very soulful experience and each individual lent their hearts and magic to this music.
You can support the album’s release here, which includes plenty of incentivising rewards: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mayerlewine/the-sweet-water-warblers