If anywhere needs a song of hope at the moment, it is Minneapolis. There are many troubled places and turbulent events taking place across the world, but there is something particularly disturbing about a government turning on its own citizens, about a state-sanctioned act of abuse.
“Be the Light” is a prayer for compassion in that troubled city, a reminder that no matter how hard things get, people can rise above it, that there is a higher moral ground to be sought, an other cheek to be turned and that, despite how angered or agrieved people may be, that responding to violence with more of the same isn’t the answer.
This latest single from Mother Coyote is the most gentle of rallying points, the most gorgeous of soundtracks to the most difficult of situations. But as its graceful piano lines and spacious waltz beats deliver a message of restraint, of hope, and of doing the right thing in the face of abject evil, the world already feels like a more hopeful place. Such is the power of music, such is the sense of love flowing through this seductive song.
