If you have ever felt as if you are walking in the footsteps of someone special, someone who has gone before, someone you have lost yet whose presence you still feel as you wander the world, then you will perfectly relate to Rich Allen’s latest single, “The Ghost We Keep!”
This sonically seductive piece, delivered in a modern take on the traditional singer-songwriter style, echoes those feelings of loss and longing and how those memories, perhaps more than just memories, seem to walk beside us. But more than that, it tackles how we still find an essence of people lingering in places as far-flung as, in Allen’s case, Parisian alleyways, London cafes, and under the bright lights of New York midtown streets.
And such a sensitive subject requires a subtle song, and that is precisely what Allen gives us, a neat blend of solo singer and deft band sound, shot through with elegant strings and eloquent harmonies, a heady balance of understament and sonic adornment.
“The Ghost We Keep!” is more than just a song; it is a meditation and exploration on the duality of the human condition: how memories can be both comforting and heartbreaking, how loss is both excruciatingly painful and, given enough time, a beautiful, if bitter-sweet, nostalgic conundrum. It is a reminder that even after such a separation, we feel that those we loved, and continue to love, are never truly gone. How can they be when we see and sense them walking beside us whereever we go?
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