Arielle Silver – Bramble Vine
Arielle Silver first crossed Vodka’s path in 2020, and I was impressed. She had been making music at that point since around 2004, so she wasn’t new to the business. The review for What Really Matters appeared in March 2020, followed by the review for Headlights in May. With the pandemic happening during that time, many musicians had to get creative to continue to make money in the many months that followed. She hasn’t had an LP since 2020’s A Thousand Tiny Torches, which contained both What Really Matters and Headlights.
Vodka is always interested to find out how artists made their way through the pandemic. I reached out to Arielle to ask how she had weathered that storm.
Vodka:
A Thousand Tiny Torches was released in 2020 and the pandemic happened soon after. What sort of effect did the pandemic have on your life and your musical plans?
Arielle:
The aptly named Watershed LP is due out October 6th, 2023, and Bramble Vine (seen/heard here) is the first single from that LP.
Bramble Vine is a homespun remembrance, done up in Silver’s signature Americana meets folk-pop style, of a bygone time. It weaves the analogy of sweet and thorny berry bushes, blended with like-hewn love, and it is a great story:
“Blackberries grew in the thicket north of our yard
In summer we’d pick them and come home with stickers
And thorns in our arms
Some hours later when supper was plated and served
We’d barely remember the pain for the pleasure
That went into making dessert
Some kind of love is like that
Sweetness buried in a thorny patch
Bramble vine, heat, and time
Form a heart from the scraps
Like making pie from scratch
Some kind of love is like that”
The music here is a plodding, slow-paced number, that serves to best present the message. A beautiful melody, a Silver signature, is combined with her wonderfully clear and ringing alto vocals that leave no doubt that the lyric is king here. It’s a melody that is easy to sing along with and becomes an instant hit between the ears. In short, if Watershed is anything like this single, Silver should have a hit on her hands.
You can find more information on Arielle Silver by visiting her very nice website. I can’t find a thing missing, all purchase, touring, contact, and streaming links appear to be there. If you would like to support Arielle Silver more directly, she also has a Patreon account (accessible from the website).
In addition, I highly recommend 2020’s A Thousand Tiny Torches available for purchase from the website store and Arielle’s bandcamp.com site. Watch for Watershed this fall, and pick that up when it drops!
Steven,
Thank you for your incredible support over the last few years with these wonderful reviews. I am delighted that my songs resonate with you, and so grateful for your kind and generous coverage.
Kindest regards,
Arielle