New Orleans native London based Soul singer Acantha Lang Gets Back To Her Roots With New Single‘River Keep Runnin’

River Keep Runnin’ is the new dynamic single from New Orleans native (London based) Soul singer, Acantha Lang. Inspired by her roots in Blues music and using a slamming soul groove, she unleashes a message of defiance about staying strong through adversity.

Speaking about the inspiration behind the song, Lang shares: “The song was inspired by the hurricanes and the flooding of the Mississippi River that has brought so much devastation to my hometown, New Orleans (my momma lost everything on three separate occasions due to hurricanes!). It’s also a metaphor about going through dark times, feeling on edge…but somehow, in the end, you find the strength to stand up, fight and keep on!

“Also, rivers are very prominent in African American folklore,” she notes. “They are used for positive imagery like baptisms and saving one’s soul, and also has very dark connotations like the use of the Mississippi River during the slave trade in the deep south of America.”