Music is a big part of my life and I love discovering artists who are new to me. My latest obsession is Matthew Mayfield, a singer songwriter from Birmingham, Alabama. His latest video, God’s Fault is gritty, evocative and I am itching to write a short story about it.
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The Daily Song: History Matthew Mayfield
I will admit to becoming a little obsessed with Matthew Mayfield over the last few months. There is something about his rawness and intensity that really resonates with me as a poet and as a woman. This is spare but endlessly haunting, achingly beautiful and so very, very human. History Matthew Mayfield Never thought it would … Continue reading The Daily Song: History Matthew Mayfield
The Daily Song: Desire Matthew Mayfield
Matthew Mayfield’s voice and his lyrics haunt me, they curl up and get under my skin. They make me ache and remember who I used to be, what passion used to be when I was young and wild and time stretched out like a highway. His whisky and smoke voice smolders and I can almost … Continue reading The Daily Song: Desire Matthew Mayfield
Breathe Out in Black
It's Open Link Night at #dVerse. This piece was inspired by the title of a Matthew Mayfield song. Wandering long stark white hallways of the maze in my mind that I have rendered featureless sterile scrubbed clean with sand until it sparkles until it bleeds I have inhaled all the memory all the chaos the pain deeply … Continue reading Breathe Out in Black
Her Name Was December
Inspired by the name of a Matthew Mayfield song Her name was December she blew in with the last autumn leaves swirling red, yellow and orange ‘round her head She could be warm like golden lights in a window in a dark unforgiving night laugh like a bell promising all the surprise all the joy … Continue reading Her Name Was December
The Daily Song: Fix You (Coldplay) Matthew Mayfield @MMayfieldBR
I love that no matter where I am on my own journey, there is still so much to learn and so many incredible artists to be inspired be. Two of the artists who have really stood out for me the last few months are writer S. K. Nicholas (A Journal for Damned Lovers) and singer songwriter … Continue reading The Daily Song: Fix You (Coldplay) Matthew Mayfield @MMayfieldBR