So, you know how you hear a song on the radio and it can take you right back to a specific moment!? Well each area of my life that has been momentous has music attached to it. I know this is not original, but music for a lot of us is a tool for healing, it gets us through life, it lifts our mood after a good cry, or expresses something that our own words can't express. That's where music comes in.
Thank god for a young man from Ireland whose music found me while I walk through a very dark valley in my life. His poetry says what my heart feels. His music flows along with the stream of my thoughts. His name is James Vincent McMorrow. I still don't know what this man went through to create such good music, but he's got it. He holed himself up in a house on the coast of Ireland for five months armed with his instruments, and a computer. It began as a project to write songs and his new album Early In The Morning was born.
I happened to be listening to the local college station and they were talking about a wonderful new artist from Ireland with a hauntingly beautiful new album that everyone should buy. After getting to work I looked him up and played all 5 songs on his website for a week straight. I was finding solace, peace, words explaining my emotions and music expressing my feelings in his artistry.
I finally bought his album this weekend and look forward to getting to know his other songs.
Maybe this is a sweet gift from my James. Sending me new music at this time in my life when I need it most. And I smile at the fact that both my James are helping me heal just a little bit more.
xo
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