Nina Mae Harper turned heartbreak into a folk-rooted hymn of release in ‘A Long Time Coming’

Tender is the timbre in Nina Mae Harper’s mournfully magnetic single, A Long Time Coming. With vocals reverent to the roots of folk, her amorous grief takes on a spectral quality as the instrumentals build into an almost euphoric arrangement, one that carries more lift than any Buddy Holly-style feel-good earworm. Within four minutes, Harper delivers full-blown resolution. What starts as a melancholic reflection blooms into a rapturous unchaining from the ache that comes with knowing life must go on, even if the next chapters won’t be written beside the one who helped shape the last. The track’s lyrical muscle lies in its slow-burning self-affirmations, each one shaking off the heavy fog of insecurity that lingers in the aftermath of realising you’re not the right fit for someone else’s world. As the folk-rock riff slides in and Harper’s non-lexical harmonies swell with serene transcendence, A Long Time Coming becomes a manifesto of healing. There’s movement in every note, from gentle ache to triumphant clarity, tracing the full spectrum of emotional release. Now based in Valencia, the Dutch-born, Scotland-bred singer-songwriter has carried her influences from Dylan, Young, and Eilen Jewell into a sound that’s wholly her own. At 46, she’s in […] The post Nina Mae Harper turned heartbreak into a folk-rooted hymn of release in ‘A Long Time Coming’ appeared first on A&R Factory.

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Tender is the timbre in Nina Mae Harper’s mournfully magnetic single, A Long Time Coming. With vocals reverent to the roots of folk, her amorous grief takes on a spectral quality as the instrumentals build into an almost euphoric arrangement, one that carries more lift than any Buddy Holly-style feel-good earworm. Within four minutes, Harper delivers full-blown resolution. What starts as a melancholic reflection blooms into a rapturous unchaining from the ache that comes with knowing life must go on, even if the next chapters won’t be written beside the one who helped shape the last. The track’s lyrical muscle lies in its slow-burning self-affirmations, each one shaking off the heavy fog of insecurity that lingers in the aftermath of realising you’re not the right fit for someone else’s world. As the folk-rock riff slides in and Harper’s non-lexical harmonies swell with serene transcendence, A Long Time Coming becomes a manifesto of healing. There’s movement in every note, from gentle ache to triumphant clarity, tracing the full spectrum of emotional release. Now based in Valencia, the Dutch-born, Scotland-bred singer-songwriter has carried her influences from Dylan, Young, and Eilen Jewell into a sound that’s wholly her own. At 46, she’s in […]

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