Headline Sarah Diamond & The Soul Miners Release New Track Leading up to The Florida State Fair

Diehard country music fans would do well to give the new single from Sarah Diamond and her band the Soul Miners a spin this winter, if for no other reason than to get an early look at a songwriter who critics are already championing as a second coming for American roots rock. In “Doin Whatcha Doin,” Diamond melds righteous rock n’ roll tones with a countrified swing and an honest brand of blue-eyed soul that is setting her sound apart from almost anyone else in her scene.

This song welcomes us into her seductive world of lyric-driven balladry mixed with fierce, textured rhythms, and promises to leave any true-blue country enthusiast wondering where she’s been all this time. There’s been so much talk about the current “country music renaissance” transpiring in the mainstream at the moment, but in the American underground, Sarah Diamond and the Soul Miners are capturing the undying passion of a generation of singer/songwriters that are primed to make some serious waves on the international level in 2023. This girl might not be a household name yet, but a single like “Doin Whatcha Doin” could go a long way towards changing that. 

What makes “Doin Whatcha Doin” as definitively different as it is next to the majority of country songs cut this winter isn’t steeped in its surreal approach to lyrics alone; in fact, I think that in the big picture of this song, the poignant poetry situated between the grandiose grooving is more of a bonus than the primary star of the single.

Diamond’s versatile skill set makes her adept at taking on virtually any melody that you could conceivably throw at her, and that makes it pretty easy for her to run head-on into the rock n’ roll tonality presented to us from the string section in the Soul Miners without coming off like a desperate hybridist. She doesn’t sound like a young singer searching for her place in the sonic spectrum; on the contrary, her soulful serenade translates to nothing but confidence and relaxed energy that is more typically associated with seasoned recording artists and not with virgin performers still breaking into the business. 

You’re not likely to find as strong a country single as Sarah Diamond’s “Doin Whatcha Doin” on either side of the dial this season, and that’s even taking into consideration all of the excitement that has attached itself to so-called progressive country in the last year. Diamond has got a unique sound that is truly all her own, and though she doesn’t hide the fact that her influences are as diverse as her vocal palate is, there’s nothing in this track to indicate to me that she’s struggling to figure out what she’s going to do in the studio next.

Once she gets the chance to give her pipes a workout on the road with some live performances outside of the Tampa scene, I think that we’re going to see what she’s capable of when she’s got nothing to hold her back. This artist is going places, and “Doin Whatcha Doin” undisputedly proves it. 

Grove Stage
Feb 9- Feb 14

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Mindy McCall