Keegan McInroe Man in the Ground Americana UK [Video]

The latest single from Texan singer-songwriter Keegan McInroe is a hauntingly atmospheric song, ready just in time for Halloween.  Over bluesy guitar, McInroe delivers a gruff, gravelly vocal performance; his deep, low notes, often almost-spoken, take us on a lyrical journey through mortality and legacy.  The textured music and McInroe’s characterful voice are perfect for the deep and sombre content.

McInroe says the song, “…was co-written with Jack Barksdale in a songwriting session after Barksdale mentioned a documentary he’d seen about the 1990 theft of Rembrandt’s Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee. This sparked a conversation and eventual song about being remembered after death, the lengths people will often go to be remembered, and how futile it all is.”  It’s thought-provoking subject matter, handled well by the co-writers, who have crafted a song that is suitably tense and dramatic.

The video for ‘Man in the Ground’, directed by Cris HD, is an artistically-shot, …