Aaron Lopez-Barrantes,
Is a 25 year old singer songwriter based in New Orleans, where he composes and
writes all of his music. Lopez currently plays as the resident singer
songwriter/guitarist at the historic Maison Dupuy Hotel in the French Quarter.
He released his debut album “ALB” in June of 2013. In the past year, He’s played
acoustic sets on New Orleans, WWOZ radio, Loyola Radio, and toured the Midwest
and East Coast with Chicago based Great Divide Band.
The song “Stay The Same” has a blue grass sound with a hint of country. His voice is excellent reminds me of Dave Matthews. His voice is very calm, soothing, and relaxing. You can simply drift off into the sunset listening to this track. His lyrics are catchy and flow off his tongue well. I like the acoustic aspects of this song; He plays up tempo notes with portions of country from synths. This track is good for a long summer ride or just open up a cold beer by the bonfire outback.
The song “Stay The Same” has a blue grass sound with a hint of country. His voice is excellent reminds me of Dave Matthews. His voice is very calm, soothing, and relaxing. You can simply drift off into the sunset listening to this track. His lyrics are catchy and flow off his tongue well. I like the acoustic aspects of this song; He plays up tempo notes with portions of country from synths. This track is good for a long summer ride or just open up a cold beer by the bonfire outback.
“Scared of Heights” is
one of my favorites off the album! The
guitar work here is unique and is played with an interesting style that you don’t
hear much making it unique. I also like how he mixes in the brass instruments for
the bridge of the song. The vocals are placed very well and give it great rhythm.
His vocals are basically amazing to put it simply and how instruments build up
midway through then slow back down to the original pace is absolutely fantastic!
He tells a story through this song, and
it’s relatable which I like a lot. It reminds me of the band Chicago in some
ways, but Aaron Lopez manages to put his own touches to it developing his own
style and sound.
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“Parachute” Is another standout song, His voice is mind
blowing and sounds even better with the classical instruments backing his
acoustic guitar. I like how he mixed several instruments throughout this track,
piano, acoustic guitar, and the violins it makes the song standout with a bit
darker emotion. His voice is soothing and lyrics are great and have his own touch
that gives life to the song. His chorus
is awesome and unique. “I think I’ll use a parachute and just float on down.”
It’s interesting and intriguing to the subject matter of the song.
Aaron Lopez is an excellent
artist and did an awesome job with his album “ALB” if you haven’t listened to
it check it out! He’s relatable to Dave Matthews Band and Chicago. He has his
own touch that gives him a great sound that shouldn't go unheard. He’s on the
right track of getting himself known by touring, hopefully he catches on
because talent like this is one in a million. A lot of great artists go unnoticed,
but in the age of internet it makes it a little easier to find awesome music
that’s not played on the mainstream radio. ALB is an excellent album and I would
recommend it to anyone even people who aren't into the genre. I look forward to
see what this guy releases in the future because I think it will be great!
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