The nervous energy, the simmering anxiousness bottled up inside the willowy frame of an 18-year-old girl, bottled up until it’s fit to burst, is nearly palpable as Soren Bryce, two shows into her most recent road swing across the West Coast, speaks in clipped, staccato bursts of her passion for music, the way the piano has opened a whole new door to songwriting, the way a path – sometimes followed, but hopefully blazed – can be the driving force behind the love in your life.
For Bryce, music is that path. And wandering the Pike Place market in Seattle, still sporting the warming glow of the previous night’s performance in her voice, Bryce knows she’s right where she needs to be – for now.
Calvin Setar 