Meg Baird is so under the radar that she doesn't even have a Wikipedia page yet. Hopefully that will change with a little help from people like me exposing people to her music. Meg is a folk singer/songwriter whose debut, Dear Companion, is soft, delicate and rather depressing, but in the good way. Sprinkled throughout are covers of songs she has found to not lose their potency after repeat listens (who isn't sick of hearing Umbrella...ella...ella...eh...eh...eh). A prime example is the lead single, Do What You Gotta Do, which was originally brought to fame by Nina Simone. She's taken a different approach to it, slowing it down and, in line with my earlier remark, making it more depressing. But it's sad in a happy kind of way (if there is such a thing). It's all about loving someone so much that you realize you have to let them go. If it's meant to be, they'll come back.Check her out on iTunes:
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