Today’s song of the day is Lydia Loveless’s “Heaven.” Sometimes classified as alt-country, the Ohio-born young singer-songwriter has been releasing great music since 2010 that crosses borders around country, rock, and punk rock.
I detect some Lone Justice-era Maria McKee with a little Natalie Merchant in Loveless’s music. But either way, as AllMusic notes, “At her best, she’s quite simply as good and as brave a singer and songwriter as anyone working today.”
Loveless’s most recent album is Real, released in August 2016. Currently, Blend is featuring a remix contest for listeners to remix Loveless’s song “Heaven” from Real. For more information on the contest, head over to Blend’s website.
Even if you are not up for the remixing challenge, though, you should listen to the heartbreaking lyrics accompanied by Loveless’s wonderful voice on “Heaven.” Below, she performs the song acoustically live at White Water Tavern in Little Rock, Arkansas.
I thought I would be okay,
But everything just happens;
Everything is an accident, man;
No one goes to heaven,
No one goes to heaven.
For more on Loveless, check out the documentary by filmmaker Gorman Bechard called Who is Lydia Loveless? The movie was released in April 2016.
What is your favorite Lydia Loveless song? Leave your two cents in the comments.
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