Jenny Alvarado is an international recording artist who’s newest single is titled Colorado. Alvarado is based not in Colorado but Vale, North Carolina. Her sound is described as having “a country sensibility with a pop current running through it, a mixture of country, pop and blues that reflect an eclectic blend of influences.” Alvarado’s very first EP Playing with Fire was released in April 2021, and since then she’s garnered over a one million streams on Spotify alone.
In a very short time circling the musical spotlight, Alvarado has received a stunning number of awards and accolades. Indie Star Radio named her “2021 Country Artist of the Year” while her song Curious won “Best Pop Song” for the Indie Songwriting Awards in late 2022. Later, her song Catfish won a world songwriting award for “Best Modern Country Song.” I could easily spend the rest of this review listing her accomplishments. Alvarado describes Colorado “…as if Dan + Shay’s ‘Tequila’ and Deana Carter’s ‘Strawberry Wine’ had a baby in Colorado.” The song opens with a lovely mixture of gently strummed acoustic guitar, echo-drenched electric grace notes and shuffling percussion. Alvarado has a lovely singing voice, sporting a bit of Deana Carter but even more so like Mary Chapin Carpenter. This song’s genre is officially listed as country, but it’s errs on the folky, confessional side. Alvarado uses verbal imagery about the Colorado Rockies (as well as a stunning cover photo) to parse the embers of a lost love: “Ten miles south of the border, he told me we were over / That he met somebody, and I’m just a memory / So damn you Colorado.” In the second verse, the guitars exhibit more of a rock bite as Alvarado delves deeper into her story. The second chorus is even bigger, almost celebratory despite the sad tale being told. The singing and playing become so intense that the waveform on Soundcloud is almost a solid block! After a short pause for breath, Alvarado triples down on the final chorus to the song’s end, joined by singing lead guitar lines and a glorious country wall of sound. I’ve been to Colorado and it’s a stunningly beautiful place, so I kind of feel bad that it’s getting blamed for the narrator’s shattered love affair. But this is an artfully composed and performed song by an artist with a clear path to the top. Recommended!
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