Keturah Allgood - Shine (2023)

Keturah Allgood was born and raised in the mountains of Western North Carolina. She is a Soulful Americana artist who draws on her myriad of life experiences for inspiration. While traversing the dusty back roads and often forgotten places, she gently taps into the heart and soul of our shared existence. Keturah believes that music has the power to bring all of us together and reminds us that love, kindness and compassion always shine through the darkness of these often trying times.

Keturah Allgood has a powerful new album, Shine, produced by William Gawley and co-produced by Pat McGrath. It was recorded Omni Sound Studios in Nashville, mixed with vocal engineering by Bryce Roberts, and tracked by Jared Conrad.

“Turn the radio up real loud, so I can drown out about every sound.” Yes Keturah! Excellent idea. “Music has the power to tear down these walls and bring us all together.” This album starts off with this almost protest-style song “Radio,” a powerhouse of solution.

“Down the Line” then takes a more somber approach, with fiddles, skirting mortality and “ride this line a little bit further on down the road.” “Butterfly” asks why do we have to suffer so? And you’ll feel the tears welling up.

“Peaceful Warriors” is an uplifting, Christian spiritual song, with a reference to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, and a strong belief that “Honey we can all be peaceful warriors / We are in this thing together / We can keep the boat from sinking / If we want to / If we just believe it” in beautiful soaring vocals.

“Little Girl” is a comforting ode to the child we once were, the one we often fail to comfort within us now.

The whole enterprise is quite lovely, uplifting, with the best kind of gospel style vocals and gentle instruments arrayed around the vocals.