SARAH HARDWIG

                                                               "Who I Am" 

                                                                Luvnharmony

While there’s no official blueprint for a new artist to follow, an idea that always has the power to stick with the listener when it comes to choosing what type of song to release as a debut single is to use it in such a transparent way that they’ll know exactly who you are as an artist, songwriter, and everyday person outside your artist craft.

That’s exactly what Sarah Hardwig has done with her debut release, “Who I Am.”

Hardwig, who early in her life was diagnosed with Leber’s Congenital Amaurosis which impaired her vision, pulls vulnerably from the struggles, anxieties, and complications she faces to present an introductory tune that expertly drives into each of the fluttering emotions.

Dripping with traditional flavored instrumentation, the fiddle and mandolin gives the singer-songwriter vibe a beat and melody that carries a refreshingly throwback flavor as Hardwig immediately shares her daily struggles by singing lines in the first verse such as, “There are days when I feel so insecure” and “I need to know the sunshine’s on my face, just to make me feel alive.”

She continues pouring out her struggling heart in the second verse as she sings of having moments where she’s bored and tired, while utilizing the chorus to lament that while she’s had her fair share of trials and tribulations, she’s trying to build a better version of herself while still being true to who she is.

What Hardwig masterfully accomplishes so well, is that by focusing on her own struggles in such a vaguely written way, she adds a common thread to her ups and downs akin to those battles we all face in our lives, giving the listener plenty of room to insert their own personal stories into the songs.

However, what leaps right out the speakers in the middle of her therapeutic transparency is her crafty way of accentuating the positive as she encourages to keep on keepin’ on when she offers very sound and solid advice, “the worst way of dealing with your fears is to try and run away and hide.”

This one, very-well placed line becomes the catalyst to lifting the autobiographical tune to intriguing new heights as Hardwig boldly introduces herself to the music community!

(Review Written By: Jeffrey Kurtis)

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