"The Halsway Carol," Karla Kane (Big Stir)

I don't know much about Karla except she's in a band called the Corner Laughers, but I'm only sorry I didn't glom onto this 2020 single sooner. Two songs, both of which started as antique folk songs, are rendered here as modern power pop, and though Karla has a voice built for folk music, "The Halsway Carol" stands up alongside any modern three-minute rock you can imagine. The flip side, "The Winter of Life," had its antique lyrics augmented by one Hazel Askew, and it's more of a folky ballad. Run to Amazon or Bandcamp and get this.