“What Will Happen to All That Beauty?” was inspired by novelist/activist James Baldwin’s 1963 essay, “The Fire Next Time,” which I read on an airplane from Austin to Madrid in 2017. I was introduced to Baldwin’s work in college, but…

Finding “Get Lost” 

The inspiration for “Get Lost” came from several sources. In my experience, music and melody usually appear first. One afternoon I picked up my Guild acoustic guitar, which I used to write and record many of the…