Taste Test: Ruby Greenberg reaches out her hands with ‘Always’

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The bonds wrought in childhood are forever tattooed on your scalp. Times and places and things may sever such early connections, and in adulthood, if you happen to revisit the youth in some unexpected fashion, those sparks may be rekindled and completely upend your perceptions. Plucking petals of her very own, New York City folk singer-songwriter Ruby Greenberg collects shadowy remnants of her past, now set through a present, more mature lens, into a lush kaleidoscope of feeling and thought. With “Always,” an exemplary display for an otherworldly, lilting voice, she navigates adulthood and wrangles a resurgence of innocence. “Through the dark, I feel your power in my heart / We guide each other, I pull you. You push me / As we grow sometimes we fall, sometimes we fly,” she allows her words to flutter like tiny strips of notebook paper scuttling down the sidewalk. There is immense glory and wit about her, and so, she imparts rich wisdom upon the listener, no strings attached.

“Always” is the kick-off for a string of singles this year.

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