When it’s just you, your voice, and your guitar, there isn’t much to hide behind, which is how Katie Powderly likes it. The singer-songwriter shines brightly on her latest release, the five-song EP Live by the Song, Die by the Song, released at the end of December via Red-Winged Blackbird Records. In writing these songs, Powderly utilized a stripped-down approach, relying predominantly on her talents as a songwriter and vocalist. And it’s those talents that are very apparent, with a collection of powerful, heartfelt tracks. They will get you thinking, but the answers, those you will have to seek out for yourself. Powderly crafted Live by the Song, Die by the Song is a storyteller’s record. Each one tells one chapter of a broader narrative. Through metaphor and symbolism, she comments on th...