Irish songwriter Aaron Rowe delivers a future classic first-time-out on new single ‘Hey Ma’.
The songwriter’s name has been whispered in certain quarters for a while now, a performer with huge gravitas, and a desire to communicate. Hailing from Dublin’s Southside, Aaron Rowe has been known locally for a while now, allowing the buzz to develop naturally.
Out now, ‘Hey Ma’ is his first proper single, and it’s an absolute knockout – a song that feels familiar to you from first note to last, Aaron Rowe nonetheless makes it feel fresh.
A song you instantly commune with, ‘Hey Ma’ has folk characteristics – acoustic guitar chords, that floating fiddle line – but it leans away from tradition, looking instead at something specific.
An ode to his mother and hometown of Monkstown Farm, ‘Hey Ma’ muses on distance, identity, and familial love. He sings…
“And down here no one’s special, / And they’d kill if you tried, / But they’d help you in a heartbeat, / And if they couldn’t stop you bleeding, / They’d die there by your side…”
A Lowry-esque etching of working class life, ‘Hey Ma’ seems destined to travel a long way – tune in now.
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