Friend song is about ,as the title suggests, friendship. After my divorce, I felt ugly, old, frumpy, and useless. The only friend I really had was my husband. I was vacillating back and forth between anger and depression. My co-workers were sympathetic to my plight and understanding, but one in particular went out of her way to help me heal. This friend helped me stop wallowing in my own sorrow and supported me enough, so I could be myself again. She made me get up and g

There are some songwriters that stick to a formula to create a song they think will be a "hit". They are under the delusion that they are going to become rich and famous, and a plethora of people are going to be lining up to listen to their release. Then there are songwriters that look at it as their art. When they write, they make a connection that is almost spiritual in nature. They would love people to listen and buy their music, but that is not the force that drives t

The ancient Chinese philosophy of Yin and Yang suggests that every force in the universe has a complimentary energy. This is necessary in order to keep balance within the universe. Apocalyptic Folk is the Yang to my Yin in Hope Folk, and when I heard English Brown, the creator of Apocalyptic Folk, I knew there was something special about his sound and writing style. English and I were raised similarly. He was raised without religion entirely, and I was encouraged by my dad

When a marriage ends, oftentimes one person is left with the majority of the responsibilities in parenting. The other person is free to grieve, date freely, and try to move on with their life. The person caring for the children wants to be able to grieve fully, but they cannot. That is the meaning behind "Two Eagles". One eagle is in a flight of freedom, and the other is in flight on a mission to care for its young back in the nest. It is injured though and cannot go too

With the internet, it is extraordinarily cool how you can make friends from other continents and be closer to them than people you encounter everyday, but sometimes you encounter people close to home that you would not otherwise meet without the internet. Tucked away in my neighboring state of Alabama, Dwells a man named Lance Turner that also does not like the confines of genre. Just like me, he really isn't sure how to answer the question I dread most, "What kind of music