Seventeen seems to be a seminal year for country artists. Shay Gaston and Rebecca Hurn have already covered the age in their own way and now Evelyn Cornell offers her perspective. ‘Seventeen’ is her debut single and is just as wonderfully reflective. Nostalgia here coming in the form of
“Garden parties in the yard… /
Driving through the night… /
Country artists sing on the radio”
Young love features, “sweet as strawberry wine”, helping to evoking a typical heady summer. The slow pace of the guitar adding to the longing for a return to those carefree days. Her elongated vocals and deliberate use of pedal steel in the chorus ensuring the scene is perfectly set. It all makes for a lovely introduction to this singer-songwriter from Kent.
Featured Image (C) Evelyn Cornell
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