Exclusive: m_braunfeld's 40Below details the plight of prairie life
Michael Braunfeld does not consider "40 Below" and other songs from his new album, , to be political. But the Pennsylvania singer-songwriter acknowledges that they're "topical" and, as such, bring him into the realm of discourse about Donald Trump's America.
"I tend to write a lot about the struggles of the working class and people trying to get by and trying to do a little better for themselves, and are frustrated," Braunfeld tellspremieres the video for below, is specifically about the North Dakota oil fields and was inspired by a newspaper story about "how small-town prairie life is being overtaken by migrant workers and the trouble law enforcement is having with the demographic changes in the area.
"In the end, I hope in any of my songs people hear the human side," says Braunfeld, who also practices law in the Philadelphia suburbs. "I'm not trying to preach. I'm just trying to tell one family's story, one person's story or, in the case of ‘40 Below,’ not about just one county but how the entire country is affected.", which came out in March on Blind Justice Music, is Braunfeld's first full-length studio album in more than two decades.
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