Mackenzie Shivers: Lily-Rose

Mackenzie Shivers Mackenzie Shivers’ Celtic soul couples with piano-driven folk on Living in My Head, her new EP due out Sept 2. Inspired greatly by living in New York for the better portion of the past decade, the EP balances a dichotomy between past and present, a yin and a yang. The joys and struggles of the city mix with a life-long musician’s journey, a new marriage, and long subway rides full of lyrical possibility.

The EP plays with the idea of each song, or rather story, taking place inside the imagination of a narrator. “Lily-Rose,” a folk anthem about an independent woman who does not return the narrator’s affections, is an Irish ballad with a modern twist.

The rolling drums drive the Gaelic rhythm of the the song, as an earthy acoustic guitar meets a dancing staccato piano piece. “Lily-Rose” feels like a traditional folk song, with a contemporary love story that in itself can be considered timeless. Just as the wild flowers of the green Irish hills grow wild and free, Lily-Rose just wants to find her own independence. [via Green Light Go publicity]

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