Music Review

Song Pick of the Week – March 12, 2021

The National Parks SPW on Salt Lake Bard

Featuring Wildflower by The National Parks, Once A Lover by Sammy Brue and Juniper by The Great Silence.

Each week, Salt Lake Bard posts our favorite song discovery from local artists around the Intermountain West. Check out our pick below, find past selections in our archive of past Song Picks of the Week (SPW), and stream all of our picks on the Bard Spotify playlist or watch them on the Bard Youtube playlist.


Wildflower  |  The National Parks

The National Parks have been playing their brand of folk rock since 2012, when Brady Parks began writing lyrics while attending BYU. Fast forward past a couple changes in the line-up, and the bans in it’s current configuration was born. Wildflower is off the 2020 release of the same name, and was one of the first songs from the band that I really started to dig. Check it out. Learn more about The National Parks at thenationalparksband.com on Facebook and Instagram, stream on Spotify and Apple Music and watch on Youtube. – Freddy Torrance


Once A Lover | Sammy Brue

I know it was only a few weeks ago that we first featured Sammy Brue, but he has some great music and we just gotta share it. Learn more about Sammy Brue at sammybrue.com, follow on Facebook and Instagram, purchase CD’s an Vinyl on Bandcamp, stream on Spotify and Apple Music and watch on Youtube– Scott Cullins


Juniper | The Great Silence

We don’t usually include instrumentals on SPW, but I really dig this one from The Great Silence. Follow the band on Facebook. – Norman Boland


Salt Lake Bard’s Song Pick of the Week (SPW) introduces the many great Utah artists to the world. If you are an artists and would like to be featured on a future SPW, check out our submission requirements. If you’re a fan, and want to share an artist we should be listening too, send it our way.

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