We took a detour off the road near Charleston, West Virginia, and set up for one of those simple, honest session moments I’m always chasing—just a voice, a song, and the truth in it. In this video, Makenna Hope delivers a soul-stirring cover of Brandi Carlile’s “Every Time I Hear That Song,” and she doesn’t hold anything back. You can hear that push-and-pull in the lyrics—“by the way I forgive you after all… except for any time I hear that song”—that mix of moving on while still getting hit in the chest when a memory comes over the radio. What I love about this performance is how raw it stays from start to finish. The story lives in the little turns of phrase: wondering how somebody’s doing, wishing you didn’t care, and realizing the “life well lived” kind of revenge still doesn’t erase what a song can bring back. Makenna takes that heartbreak and forgiveness and makes it feel like a real conversation you’ve had in your own head. If you’re here for Appalachian-rooted storytelling with Americana emotion, this one’s for you.