Songs are a lot like babies; they’re fun to make, painful to deliver, and can sure lead you on a lot of ups and downs on their way to growing up. They need time to mature before you know exactly who they’re gonna be: slackers who lay around on the couch the rest of their lives or hustlers who … [Read more...] about Forever West
Short Stories
El Grito
El Grito is the Mexican shout, the high pitched cry that is released from an impassioned singer during an especially moving song. It originates from the pain that has been locked up inside of a free heart for too long; a pain that stems from working too much for too little in a place that is too … [Read more...] about El Grito
A Song Of Cuba
In another land and another time, inside the swirl of blue smoke traffic, horse cart vendors, and roadside travelers, there floats a song. The lyrics are spanish - the melody universal. It plays in the open 5th intervals of women talking to men, the minor triads of women talking to women and the … [Read more...] about A Song Of Cuba
