Girl With A Hawk are a Boston (Massachusetts) rock band led by Linda Viens, and their new single is that now rarity – a Covid song. Yeah. The overall theme of the song is one of compassion, kindness, and selflessness – as evidenced in Viens’ weathered and weary but ultimately hopeful delivery. And she reflects that those three attributes are ones we all could use a little bit more of in our lives, especially when faced by something larger than the individual, something that requires collective action: “We see this when disaster strikes; a devastating accident, hurricane, earthquake, or in the case of this song, the Covid epidemic. There is very little we can do to control tragic events, but we can help our fellow citizens and fellow human beings in the midst of one if we recognize in them that we are one and the same in our humanness and pain.” And if that seems like a dream, then as we’ve noted before its better to be a dreamer than a stirrer of nightmares, n’est-ce pas?
Linda Viens further explains that “‘Share it All’ is about a way of looking at the world through the lens of our oneness, not our differences. It draws from the Stoic concept of Sympatheia; that we must look after one another because we are all one, part of an interconnected cosmos. We are cut from the same human cloth, and breathe and think and live the same, no matter what superficial differences may appear to exist.”
Girl With A Hawk is: Linda Viens: Lead vocals, guitars; Richard Lamphear: Keys, backing vocals; Daniel Coughlin: Guitars, backing vocals; Dan Bernfeld: Bass, backing vocals and Nancy Delaney: Drums, backing vocals.
