“Stars and Stripes” https://youtu.be/hHuQHpECiEo?si=6ZACcywQNtJIZuBc by new musical artist Julie Lavery is a blunt, straight-to-the-point, gut-punch of a song.  This song immediately impressed me the very first time I heard it.  I don’t usually get as impressed with music that doesn’t have drum beats to it as I did with this song.  I would really love to see this musician make it in the music world with her warrior heart and beautiful voice.

This song is just her singing with her acoustic guitar.  Her voice is clear and true like the Liberty Bell in this song.  The performance is tight.  The vocals are incredible and her range is wide.  She’s not afraid to throw in a few cuss words and tell things like they are.  I’m sure she pissed off quite a few of the MAGA crowd.  “We send our babies off to school, the children are the future, then teach them how to hide beneath their desk for active shooters, Oh we could make a difference, if we weren’t so f*cking tired….”  She is a red head which is probably not a surprise.  She covers all the bases in this song protesting violence and apathy on the part of society.  She melodically sheds a light on the systemic problems in society today.

I’m sure Ms Lavery has acquired all sorts of labels by now.  The Youtube video has 38K views and people just love to throw around all kinds of political insults at anyone that wants to stop school violence and economic inequity.  I hope to see Ms Lavery more in the future in the media, and hope she puts out more original material.  She has other music she has covered on YouTube as well: songs like “Dreams,” “Vincent” and “Angel”