Ric Albano 
The piano driven “Tangytown” is a unique song in the Out There Somewhere collection. It was originally written around 2006 during the Imaginary Lines project and revised several times in subsequent years and with multiple titles. But it was not considered for release until this 2020 solo record. The song’s title comes from a Doors … Read more
“Robin the Oriole” is kind of complex lyrically because it has two interweaving themes going – a narrative inspired by a trip to Northern Florida and Georgia that my wife and I took back in February 2020 (our fourth of seven southern sojourns). It speaks specifically of some places we went, including what would be … Read more
This opening track from the album is a pure narrative folk song on many levels. “Mercy for Discipline” is a term that I coined from the long tail concept of “receiving divine mercy for maintaining discipline in the face of a hostile situation, not of my own making”. The lyrics recall a true situation verbatim … Read more