Cat Clyde puts her own spin on ‘My Love’, a 1960 Marty Robbins country classic. Both versions are beautiful, but Clyde’s feels more slowed down and stripped back to let each element breathe. The country sway is still there, but she blends genres, letting blues, folk, and a hint of rockabilly blur the edges.
Clyde details her rendition of the track: “I heard the original Marty Robbins version of this song in 2023. Hearing it felt like a great clue in my search for meaning in love. It reminded me of the love that surrounds me in the natural world, and how it all lives within me as well. That love is accessible to me in every tree I touch, in every bird song I hear, in all the places I go, in the earth below me, the sky above me – it’s all a mirror to the love that lives within me, the love from my ancestors, from my past lives, my gods and my guides and beyond.”
There’s a cinematic feel to it that sneaks up on you. It begins with a sparse, intimacy, then slowly blooms as layers of instrumentation gather and her vocals swell and then dip towards the end.
There’s also something nostalgic running through the song, but not in a tired, retro way. Clyde has reshaped this classic into something that feels personal, expansive, and lived in.
‘My Love’ is the final single on Clyde’s new album, Mud Blood Bone, which dropped on Friday, March 13, via Concord Records.
