Mid-Week Songs: "Taylored" For You

Her acclaimed album "folklore," which was released last Friday, was admittedly our first in-depth introduction to singer-songwriter Taylor Swift's music, and what an introduction it was. Certainly, we've heard her best selling pop tunes everywhere over the years, but her latest work is a departure, and is eye-opening. Bon Iver's Justin Vernon joined her on a couple of tracks, and while the Americana / new folk feel of her songs is clear, her interpretations are just uniquely lovely. That she composed the songs in virtual quarantine during this pandemic is all the more remarkable.

Aside from being a superb singer-songwriter, Swift is deeply involved in progressive social issues, supporting LGBTQ rights, voter registration, women's reproductive rights, gun safety measures, and the Black Lives Matter movement, to name a few. She calls former First Lady Michelle Obama her role model, and has been outspoken about the current administration's abuses. She has star power and uses it to do good.

Here are two tracks from "folklore," already downloaded / streamed worldwide in record numbers.  Enjoy.