I’m one of these people who doesn’t hear the lyrics when I first listen to music. It’s the melody that hooks me, gets me humming. Then, if I really like the song, I’ll find the lyrics and listen along, which adds another dimension.
“It’s funny that you say that because I’m similar. I don’t listen to the lyrics first,” Brennan Mackey told me over the phone. He’s the founder and lead singer of one of my favorite Americana bands, King Cardinal, based in Denver.
