How Does A Singer Songwriter Fit Into World Music? Ask Natalie Roth

Posted by Elite Internet Technologies on September 28th, 2015

“World music” is a gigantic arena these days. It includes the usual prepackaged pop, indie music, and a few mavericks in the form of singer songwriters. Cynics could be forgiven for thinking that singer songwriters are at the bottom of this heap. Modern pop music is seen as pretty grim by some, lacking the individuality and style of the past, and hardly the best place for passionate, talented people to be trying to make a living.

Fortunately for music and music lovers, world pop music is outgrowing the banal restraints of the market. Global music is becoming much more cosmopolitan, much more flexible, and the digital audience is definitely interested in anything and everything.

Natalie Roth is a case in point. This young lady is a singer songwriter and a multimedia artist. She’s obviously not waiting for the market seal of approval to move on to new ideas and try new things. Her music is “eclectic”, in the sense that it doesn’t have anything much in common with mainstream schmaltz. It’s passionate, it’s different, and very reassuringly, it is also quite popular.

Natalie’s music has a lot in common with her generation – It’s very broad ranging in subjects, styles, and goes its own way. Her single Daddy is powerful emo music in the most literal sense of the expression. This isn’t “easy” songwriting – Roth apparently doesn’t do mindless ditties. She is, in fact, a good example of the new generation of singer songwriters who ignore conventions.

She’s also a good example of the fact that the traditional definitions and categories of modern music are rapidly becoming very much out of date. Good singer songwriters all have one thing in common – Individuality. No two singer songwriters are alike, and each makes a contribution to music according to their skills and talents.

Roth has a place in modern music as a bona fide singer songwriter and as a maverick. Let’s be thankful that these younger musicians aren’t sticking to the stale old formats. For more information about this interesting artist, see her website here at http://www.natalieroth.net/.