One of life’s great lessons that becomes evident as you grow older is that you gotta do the work, and that’s Kristen Rae Bowden’s sentiment exactly with her brand new single “Marry Me Once.” It’s not about other people; it’s about you carrying your own load and being the captain of your ship. The song is both gripping and emotional, displaying Bowden’s confessional, openhearted vocal style and a rather Slash-like guitar solo that soars right above the sky with its towering grace and elegance. Elaborating on the song’s context and what inspired her to consider this topic, Bowden says: “This song is about carrying your own emotional burden and not asking others to do the tough work for you of getting to really know yourself and love yourself. When I wrote this song I’d been noticing how co...