Roots Magazine reviews "Steinbeck"

Big thanks to Roots Music Magazine for the gracious review of Steinbeck!

Of all the songs on the album, the warm response to Steinbeck has been the most surprising to me. Several people have messaged me to tell me it’s their favorite -- the one they have on repeat. It’s such a long story-song; I honestly didn’t think people would have much patience for it, but I am happy to be wrong. :)

Kim Edwards’ music is a resonating oasis of reflectively melancholic art. Having won the prestigious Jerry Ragovoy Songwriters Workshop, Edwards has proven her lyrical ability to thread stories with her uniquely soothing voice. Edwards’ “Steinbeck” is an ode to a time where lifelong love and the adventures of the open road ruled life. Set against the hectic backdrop of the Dustbowl, Steinbeck narrates the simple but unmistakably soberly important story of the often forgotten “everyday man”. Weighed by the crumbling economy, left to his own devices, these are men whose lives were exploited and marked by pain.