Things Are Growing Brighter All The Time

Katrina Ford “World On A Wire”

I’ve been writing about songs most days of my life for over 20 years and one thing I’ve learned from this is that a lot of the music I love most resists description. And of course it does – music is ultimately an abstract medium, something that exists to evoke and express things beyond words. There is something specific about the keyboard tones and Katrina Ford’s vocal performance “World On A Wire” that pull up very strong emotions in me, but I strain to describe these feelings that really ought to remain indescribable. But I can tell you what I hear: The voice of a woman who has experienced a lot, but is open to much more. Keyboard tones that are comforting but slightly alien, nudging the “adult contemporary” qualities of the song into a stranger realm. I picture bright colored lights filtered through misty air. I hear lyrics that are sometimes too obscure to parse, but mostly convey the feeling of knowing you’re in a precarious position but focusing on a sense of equilibrium to find your balance. She’s not focusing on how easy it is to plummet, she’s in awe of how many things don’t fall.

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