Carry You - Ruelle ft Fleurie

LCM Song Of The Day: ‘Carry On’ - Ruelle (ft. Fleurie)

We travel today to Nashville meet Margaret "Maggie" Eckford better known by her stage name ‘Ruelle’. Our chosen song is the beautiful ‘Carry On’ also featuring US singer-songwriter Fleurie. This stunning new video was filmed in Iceland.

Maggie comments about the song “I wanted to create something that sheds light on the goodness of humanity in the midst of what seems like a lot of darkness. I have always believed that people in their ugliest, most hateful states have all been wounded in some way, at some point in their lives. I wanted to portray the common threads in humanity: We all feel pain. We all believe in something...and that more than ever, we should be coming together to lift one another up, not tearing each other down. It’s about the beauty of people coming together regardless of their differences”.

Maggie’s music is a wonderful blend of electronic pop and has been used widely on US television series including ‘Shadowhunters’ and The ‘Shannara Chronicles’ themes and placements in ‘Arrow’, ‘Pretty Little Liars’, ‘Quantico’, ‘The Vampire Diaries’, ‘The Walking Dead’ and many more.

She grew up in Hattiesburg, Mississippi and attended music school in Sydney, Australia. She adopted the French word "Ruelle" as her stage name because she liked how it gave off a sense of darkness and mystery and how it had multiple meanings including "chamber" and "wolf".

Also check out Ruelle’s wonderful new EP ‘Emerge’ released in August.

Photo Credit: Kana Kanate

https://www.ruellemusic.com

Hurricane - Fleurie

Our next LCM featured artist Fleurie (pronounced 'flur-ee') is the musical brainchild of Lauren Strahm. Lauren is from Canton, Michigan but has acquired a few hometowns over the past few years, including Sydney, Australia and currently Nashville, Tennessee. She has been writing music since age 11 and sharing it with people since age 17. Fleurie is a word of French origin, meaning "in bloom." Lauren's vision for Fleurie was a sound to match her songwriting: raw, honest and expressive. Fleurie is a sonic blend of organic layers and cinematic melodies. Our #SongOfTheDay is the haunting and atmospheric 'Hurricane'

With an array of musical influences, including Coldplay, Imogen Heap, Dashboard Confessional, and The Fray, Lauren cites that her goal in writing every song is staying honest and true to the sound within her and the story being told.

The first EP from Fleurie, 'Fear & Fable', was released in October of 2013. Though it bears some darker tones thematically and lyrically, Lauren manages to deliver them softly and quite vulnerably to the listener. 'Fear & Fable' is a collection of carefully constructed stories inhabiting haunting melodies woven through organic sounds - very much so a minimalist approach but with sonic depth.

Since moving to Nashville and the release of 'Fear & Fable', Fleurie has been at work exploring new sonic landscapes and delving into writing the part of the story she finds herself journeying now. Fleurie released her next EP 'Arrow in 2015 followed by her debut album 'Love & War' in September 2016.

Watch out for her latest single 'Constellate' released earlier this month.

http://www.fleuriemusic.com/