This is an extended, 6½ minute-long tune, which was supposed to be the title of the album (as “The Truth Is Out There Somewhere”). I wanted both the song and album to share this title, but when it came to distributing the album, the online distributors insisted that the word ‘is’ be lowercase, which I … Read more
This is perhaps the most difficult song I’ve ever written in my entire life. A friend of mine knew a couple who had a young daughter that died of SIDS at just a few months old. He commissioned me to write a song about it give me some of his impressions over the tragedy. I … 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