One thing we have to acknowledge in the study of history is that art has always had a didactic quality. It not only reflects how we think but perhaps more interestingly, how we ought to think. These days, in looking around at our beautiful planet, and the harm being done to it through waste, neglect, and apathy, there are more than a few of us who are growing concerned about the legacy of this place.
So I was very intrigued when I came across Jeff Lake's Earth-Day ballad titled "Field of Grass." On its surface, it's a lovely, almost ambient rock, track with one of the most brilliant soaring tenor voices you can hear. That and super-thick guitar chords in a somewhat folky-melancholy mood and I think I've painted an accurate picture. The song isn't bombastic at all, just a man singing about something he cares about, which we could always use.
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