SINGLE REVIEW: Sarah Darling’s ‘Wide Open Spaces’

This New Music Friday (July 10th) US country music sensation Sarah Darling shared yet another release from her gorgeous acoustic project ‘Campfire Sessions’ which sees her covering classic country hits from years gone by all of which have played a part in her own musical journey.

And this latest offering is a divine cover of The Chicks’ global smash-hit ‘Wide Open Spaces’, the song feels like a true-to-life story for Darling who moved out of her hometown of Des Moines Iowa aged 18 to move to Nashville in order to pursue her musical career and this lyrical story is all about chasing after a dream and yearning for new challenges.

Sarah is also an artist that always conveys gorgeous visual metaphors throughout her own original tracks and this song from The Chicks is one that ties into that stylistic and creates a magical film-like movie throughout meaning it feels like a stunning real-life story of escapism.

Vocally it showcases the ever sweet, soaring vibrato driven vocal delivery from Sarah Darling as she shines a light on her Heaven like voice that is truly angel-like. The American who has become an adopted Brit in recent years is one of this generation’s most talented vocalists and this stripped-back cover of ‘Wide Open Spaces’ is truly breathtaking.

Never one to allow the musical production take over and strip away the story or overshadow a vocal, this offering has been produced by Cheyenne Medders meaning it is very much focused on Sarah’s divine vocal delivery with just a light acoustic backdrop that allows the track to retain the magic of the original whilst also letting the Iowa native make it truly her own.

Sarah Darling is a magical artist that is able to transport her listeners to the heart of any lyrical story within the songs she sings and with this gorgeous rendition of ‘Wide Open Spaces’, she allows her fans to dream big and picture all the little moments happening throughout. Very few artists have this ability and it is one of the many, many reasons Darling has become such a huge fan favourite within the country scene.

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