BRIT TAYLOR

                                                               "Kentucky Blue" 

                                                                Cut A Shine Records/Thirty Tigers

Since emerging onto the country music scene in 2020 with her debut album Real Me, Brit Taylor has found her name high atop several different lists in country music circles that are looking for an artist with a sound that’s synonymous with a style that finds its roots in traditional country sensibilities.

With the mud-stomping, groove laden “Cabin in the Woods,” Taylor pushed her momentum to an all-time high as she gave us our first taste of her highly anticipated, forthcoming sophomore album Kentucky Blue, produced by Grammy winners Sturgill Simpson and David Ferguson.

She now returns with a second taste of it with its title track, “Kentucky Blue.”

Co-written by Taylor with Adam Wright and Kimberly Kelly, the song slides away from the up-tempo drive that we heard with Cabin, to expertly unveil another layer into who Brit Taylor is as an artist and songwriter.

Wrapped into a melancholy tempo that’s highlighted by heavy use of traditional instrumentation, Taylor amply borrows elements from the bluegrass and folk worlds and gels them gently into her signature, throwback country vibe.

However, it’s the road trip of emotions that she brings us through with extreme know-how within the placement of her vocals that strikes a chord that tugs on hearts as she tells us that she’s been “Texas tired,” “New York wired,” and “Louisiana Lonesome,” before arriving at her present state of being “Kentucky Blue” over losing out on love.

Using the second verse to look in the mirror, Taylor laments that she hopes he and the new girl he’s with are happy, but also fully admits that she’s green with envy; before bringing us to a bridge that sees her continuing to face the mirror, though this time with more spite and frustrated anger, as she sings, “The day you said you loved me, that was just a lie.”

We’ve all been here before! We lose in love and our anxiety fueled emotions kick into overdrive as they take us through many ups and downs in quick bursts. Brit Taylor perfectly encapsulates all those frantic emotions with her heartfelt vocal delivery, tailormade to suit the bygone era sound she’s striving to find while breathing fresh, new life into it.

(Review Written By: Jeffrey Kurtis)

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