![]() ![]() And as Kitty Wells, Loretta Lynn, and Emmylou Harris before her, she’s proven that bearing young is not the death sentence on a musical career the patriarchal society often decrees, it can be the impetus and inspiration for creative exploration and the pursuit of personal goals. Her consent to share the inspiration behind her songs now makes them even more personal to her audience. A year has done wonders for her confidence. She was unwilling to participate in social media, or expound on personal information like the fact that she was a single mom. But there was a still a timidness present, especially in her live show. With her self-titled debut in 2016, Dori announced herself as an immediate attention-getter in the Appalachian country space. In such busy and cluttered times as these, when all information and music seems filled with acrid sentiments and divisive tones, Dori Freeman is separating herself from the gaggle of country’s most encouraging prospects by mining the simple beauty from Appalachian dialect and tone, taking deprecated compositions in outmoded tongues and making them feel more relevant than the most modernized hip-hop beats, and then contribution her own original expressions in tastefully and intelligently arranged moments, ushering the listener away to a place apart from the constant friction of modern, stifling noise. The only reason Dori Freeman doesn’t sing her music solely a capella is because it may become monotonous at some point. Where some singers and songwriters need layers of music, production, and technology to cover up their imperfections or embellish their talents to the point of being amiable to the public, Dori Freeman benefits as the presentation becomes more simplistic and stripped back. As some use family, children, or the need for economic stability as the excuse to stifle their musical desires before they’re fully realized, others use economical hardship and the arrival of offspring as the motivation to make better use of their time on Earth no matter the sacrifice.īlame natural born ability and pedigree, or just the whimsical yet auspicious aligning of the right people, places, and moments for the sometimes seemingly unjust way an era’s most compelling musical artists are selected from the crowd of hungry prospects, but Dori Freeman has certainly been graced as on of the beneficiaries of the selection process. As some leave careers and opportunities behind to pursue a musical dream, others fall into the profession almost as a second or last resort. Some musical artists work their entire lives to never achieve the level of talent and the type of intrigue in their music that other artists seem to almost wistfully back into as if on accident. ![]()
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