Fabian Brusk-Jahn has created something to captivate your heart and soul. Nightwalk, a solemn folk ballad, sounds like it belongs to the smoke-filled folk clubs of New York’s Greenwich Village during the 60s and 70s. The sheer delicacy of the vocals alongside the masterfully emotive songwriting tugs at every heartstring and demands your undivided attention.
The songwriting is at the core of Nightwalk, so it’d wrong not to acknowledge its importance to the track. Songwriting is a craft of many faces, and nowadays there are tick sheets designed to help writers sculpt the perfect pop song. While I can’t be sure, Fabian Brusk-Jahn seems to take a more sincere approach to writing—sitting down alone with his thoughts and acoustic guitar, telling his tales. It’s a tried-and-true recipe that gives Nightwalk its organic sincerity. It’ll arouse the same feelings you had when you first discovered Leonard Cohen. As a folk artist, I’m not sure there’s a bigger compliment.
Over the waltzing acoustic guitar sits Scott Walker-esque orchestration. While the voice conveys vulnerability, the strings are rousing and inciting. It’s a perfect storm. As the song flows, the chord changes shift from dark to bright, taking you on a short but stunning journey through the highs and lows of a songwriter’s emotions.
Folk music has always been a voice for the storyteller. Fabian Brusk-Jahn upholds traditions and carries the weight of human experience through a guitar and an open heart. This is music at its purest and most elegant.
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