The Deep Hollow talks with Red Line Roots about single “Freedom Street” off of their upcoming record
Micah Walk: “Freedom Street is about homelessness. It’s one of those songs that almost feels like it wrote itself. There’s this street in our hometown called Freedom Drive with a busy intersection that’s a common place for folks who are down on their luck to see if drivers sitting at a red light might offer some help. Cardboard signs saying things like “Jesus saves” and “Veteran, anything helps” reveal these little hints of their stories. My parents took my brother and sister and I to our very small town Baptist church every Sunday and religion is definitely a reoccurring theme in my songs, even though I question it now. And like a lot of artists right now, my work is certainly impacted by the current political climate. Both religious and political overtones are thick in Freedom Street – from the woman who doesn’t need saving because she’s certain her faith is all she really needs, to the veteran who is struggling with being back home in a country that doesn’t seem to appreciate his sacrifices, with a street called Freedom Drive as the setting.”
