Blog: IckMusic

One thing I've quickly found about Canadian singer/songwriter Fred Eaglesmith is that he has a hell of a lot of great songs. As I skip around his catalog on Spotify (sorry Rdio, you ain't stocked on your Fred), I'm constantly floored by another knockout tune. The latest to catch my ear is "Betty," from Fred's latest album 6 Volts. It's not only the hard luck story of Fred's lady, who has skipped town with Fred's gun, leaving him to wonder what it is she's running from: "Is it the money / Is it the drugs [...]