The Mockingbird & the Crow - Hardy - MP3 instrumental karaoke

"The Mockingbird & the Crow," the title track from Hardy's 2023 album of the same name, reads like a mini-autobiography of his life and upbringing. "Catchin' bass and cuttin' grass was how I spent my summers / I know it sounds cliché, but it's how I was raised," he begins, chronicling the moment everything changed for him: "And I got my first guitar from a pawn shop off of Poplar." Hardy was crowned 2022 Songwriter of the Year at the Academy of Country Music awards, making his first ACM Award to date. The coveted country songwriter who "grew up in a little town named after another" (aka Philadelphia, Mississippi)—and saw his career take off after moving to Nashville—used his 17-track sophomore album The Mockingbird & the Crow as a vehicle to explore rural themes and examine the relationship between country and rock, reconciling his hard rocking side with his love of rootsy country that defines his southern-fried country-rock sound.