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Mark Erelli, 'Look Up'

from For A Song

Life should be more than a series of grueling tasks and unrewarding routines; it should take your breath away with its wonders and joys and beauty. It certainly can do that. (And how!) But here's the catch: You have to be aware of what life is offering. Mark Erelli's "Look Up," from his new album For A Song, is a reminder not to sleepwalk through our daily existence. It also suggests that maybe there's no difference between the sacred and the secular — that maybe, deep down, we all dream the same dreams. "Look Up" is told from the perspective of not one, not two, but three different narrators. Erelli plays all three roles to perfection and shares the spotlight with Paula Cole, who provides some gorgeous harmony vocals.

—Elena See, Folk Alley