Antonio Lopez Confronts Crisis with Hope on New Single “Going to the City”

Colorado musician and composer Antonio Lopez released “Going to the City” on November 12th with a premiere in Taste Culture, citing Lopez’s songwriting skills as “us[ing] his power of capturing humanity in a package that is multi-layered.” The song is a precursor to his Roots and Wings album releasing January 1, 2021. In the single, Lopez bears witness to the mass urbanization of the planet and mourns the loss of wild places and biodiversity. “Going to the City” chronicles the migration of Lopez from rural southern Colorado to the more populated metro area of the state so that he could pursue a career in music. Listeners will note many strategies to communicate the underlying message in the song. The line “To grow further from nature is the nature of the man” repeats itself throughout the ...

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