Sandy Summers Releases Powerful New Single, If I Were A River
If I Were A River showcases ICMA\u2019s Best New Independent Female Artist, Sandy Summers, with her moving new single, released November 14.\u000f\u000fWritten with 10-time Golden Guitar winner Lyn Bowtell during the 2025 SHE Songwriting Retreat and produced by Simon Johnson, the song was born in a setting as striking as its message. Inspired by the mountain that towered over their writing session and the breathtaking moment an eagle flew over them, the song captures the stillness and power of nature.\u000f\u000fWith Lyn Bowtell on backing vocals, the track aims to reflect the rhythm of the land itself \u2014 steady, soulful, and full of quiet strength. Lyrically, it draws on the resilience and renewal found in the natural world, using the river as a symbol of endurance and grace. The melody works to emulate strength, rising and falling like the flow of the current it celebrates.\u000f\u000fSandy said the writing session was one she\u2019ll never forget.\u000f\u000f\u201cThat moment when the eagle flew over us, it felt like nature was speaking \u2014 reminding us how powerful and fragile the world can be at the same time,\u201d she said.\u000f\u000f\u201cThe river became a metaphor for everything we go through \u2014 it bends, it floods, it finds its way around obstacles, but it always keeps moving forward. That really spoke to where I was in life at that time.\u201d\u000f\u000fIf I Were A River is both a reflection and a reminder that no matter how the landscape shifts or the seasons change, there\u2019s power in persistence, beauty in movement, and healing in the flow of life. It\u2019s a song that speaks to anyone who\u2019s ever stood still long enough to feel the earth breathe beneath their feet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sandy Summers Releases Powerful New Single, If I Were A RiverIf I Were A River showcases ICMA\u2019s Best New Independent Female Artist, Sandy Summers, with her moving new single, released November 14.\u000f\u000fWritten with 10-time Golden Guitar winner Lyn Bowtell during the 2025 SHE Songwriting Retreat and produced by Simon Johnson, the song was born in … Continue reading “Sandy Summers – If I Were A River”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2526"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2527,"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2526\/revisions\/2527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}