Dave Simonett: Red Tail
There’s nothing quite like a global pandemic to highlight the bubbles that each of us exists within, unable or unwilling to see past its boundaries. We so easily forget or … Read More
Brandy Clark: Your Life Is a Record
The artist’s way is hardly ever a straight line or a single path. It often strolls to and fro, around and about, here and there. Sometimes the tangents are dead … Read More
Aoife O’Donovan: Bull Frogs Croon (and Other Songs)
Songwriting and poetry, while sharing so many similarities, continue to be two very different art forms, each with their own freedoms and constraints. Some artists bridge the divide single-handedly, churning … Read More
The Secret Sisters: Saturn Return
Everyone knows, and has likely lived, the old adage, “When it rains, it pours,” to describe those phases of life when everything seems to come crashing down at once. It’s … Read More
Robby Hecht: “Ferris Wheel”
At a certain point in life, you realize that having hard, honest conversations about painful personal secrets is the only way to lessen the shame attached to them. One of … Read More
Katie Pruitt: Expectations
Back in the 1990s, substantive lyrics paired with catchy melodies were the norm for pop radio. Look no further than the commercial success of artists like Alanis Morissette, Sarah McLachlan, … Read More
KaiL Baxley: “In Lieu Of”
With the climate collapsing at a record clip, a lot of people are reassessing their priorities in life. For some, it’s stockpiling arms with which to protect themselves from dangerous … Read More
Katie Pruitt Debuts with Great “Expectations”
On a recent episode of the On Being podcast, shame researcher Brené Brown shared her finding that true belonging demands us to be who we are, even if it jeopardizes … Read More