Check out the poetic folk gem, “Pearl in the Tide” from Luke Beling. With a Dylan-esque approach to phrasing and song design, Beling’s voice is soft and quivers with a sensitive touch, delicately touching the pedal steel-tinted track. When the track picks up about midway through, the wordsmith impresses with quick-witted lyrical punching, wrapping us in a tasteful and captivating folk embrace.
“I wrote “Pearl in the Tide” for the glue-sniffing, paper-bag-drinking bum, unsure where he might find his next meal. The older I get, it seems, the harder it is to break free from my 401K, two-fisted, insulate-my-future self. The poor will always be among us; may we always be among them!”
