Tag: Lawrence

WATCH: Lily B Moonflower, “Midnight Song”

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Artist: Lily B Moonflower
Hometown: Lawrence, Kansas
Song: “Midnight Song”
Album: Moonflower
Release Date: February 12, 2021
Label: Lost Cowgirl Records

In Their Words: “I was inspired to write this after many nights of dancing barefoot on the honky-tonk floor. After the live music was over, the neon lights were humming and I was humming along to their song. This created a dream state of mind where I started to form the idea for the song and the whimsical music video that goes along with it. The collaboration for the music video came together seamlessly and I think it’s very open to interpretation, but from my point of view, it’s representative of the magic that is created when community comes together through music and love.” — Lily B Moonflower

Photo credit: John Knepper Photography

LISTEN: Ashley Ray, “Lawrence, Kansas”

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Artist: Ashley Ray
Hometown: Lawrence, Kansas
Song: “Lawrence, Kansas”
Album: Pauline
Release Date: August 14, 2020
Label: Soundly Music

In Their Words: “‘Lawrence, Kansas is a love letter to my hometown. Sean McConnell and I wrote it at a time that I was coming up on living one half of my life there and one half of my life in Nashville. It really made me stop and think about how much I don’t want to lose my roots, I don’t want my memories of home to fade, I don’t want to lose my twang, I don’t want to forget how to get from one town to the next by way of all the back roads. Which made me think of what my Dad always told my sister and me on those back roads, ‘If you ever lose your way back home, look for Blue Mound Tower and remember we live north of there.'” — Ashley Ray

Photo credit: Electra King

LISTEN: The Roseline, “Better to the Bone”

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Artist: The Roseline
Hometown: Lawrence, Kansas
Song: “Better to the Bone”
Album: GOOD / GRIEF
Release Date: April 3, 2020

In Their Words: “There’s an old songwriting adage about not putting the word ‘ring’ in a song because it might alienate listeners who are not married or coupled up. I decided to write a whole song about a ring and the decision to offer said ring to a person who truly enhances you and your life exponentially. It’s an ooey, gooey, sticky, sweet love song. A true rarity in our catalogue. Apologies if it alienates anyone.” — Colin Halliburton, The Roseline

Photo credit: Lindsey Kellenbarger