It has been a few years since we had a Song-of-the-Day from Arlo McKinley. So we are long overdue for checking in with the Ohio singer-songwriter on John Prine’s Oh Boy Records. The title track from his upcoming album Die Midwestern evokes how one may feel trapped by geography into a certain path.
McKinley explains that “Die Midwestern” is about a love-hate relationship with his home state of Ohio. “The Midwest is full of drugs that end up controlling people. . . . I love [Ohio] because it’s everything that I am but I hate it because I’ve seen it take my loved ones lives, I’ve seen it make hopeful people hopeless.” He adds, “Temptations run all along the Ohio river, but it’s so hard to watch the Ohio fade in the rearview mirror.”
The video for “Die Midwestern” features McKinley around Cincinnati. Check it out.
Arlo McKinley‘s album Die Midwestern hits the Internet on August 14, 2020. It features ten original songs by McKinley.
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