Living Life Fearless

“Big Skies” is the pangs of nostalgia for the wild cowboy days, boiled down to their most poetic, country essence. The record from R.W. Roldan is permeated by a palpable, yet not overwhelming or heartbreaking melancholy; the kind of melancholy whose bitter-sweetness seamlessly envelops your mind and body and makes bourbon taste even better.

It certainly has a common feel to it, as with pretty much all songs epitomizing country’s best practices – unadulterated, laid-back, but emotional singing that sounds like a calm reminiscence of a different time that is slipping away, accompanied by some melodic acoustic guitars and slide guitars that gently waft in the background like warm memories, and poetic lyrics that feel like a mature cowboy’s inner monologues.