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I fell head over heels for music with no warning at 19. I’d always loved listening to music, even singing along, but suddenly I discovered a voice that had been, until then, hidden. Through singing and putting music to the words I had always written, I could finally express the piece of my stories that was missing. I could finally communicate what I really felt.
Now I feel the strong desire to share these stories with the world. So please take a moment and listen to a little piece of my story. I believe something will ring true for you. My music, like all music, is a collection of gifts from all of the predecessors I so admire, with just a little something straight from me.
I do not believe I can define my style by Genre. When folks ask I usually respond with, “Somewhere between blues, country and something else I can't describe.” There is a little folk, rock, soul, and even bluegrass thrown about depending on the story that the song is telling and the emotion it evokes for me.
I never sit down with the intention to write a song of a specific genre, I just sit down to tell a story, to explain something I have been through. I could not stop if I wanted to, in fact I've always felt that I don’t write songs at all, but rather that they write themselves and I am lucky enough to be the interpreter. I haven’t been a singer/songwriter my whole life, but I have been a storyteller since I could speak, and I never could catch a moment of quiet, there is always a tune or a beat dancing about in my mind, scratching at the walls to come out.
When I first ever belted the blues I felt a power that freed me and gave me a place to be utterly honest. A lot of friends call my music old school, and they are not wrong, but my messages are meant for us now, they may reflect history, but are very much born out of this wild and poignant moment in time, which we are all living in now.