Hey everybody, as you know I have been in the studio, cutting a new record. You may be curious as to how it sounds, what it is like. Lyrically, it is very much a continuation of my previous work. Stylistically it is big step in a different direction.

This new record has a different grove. My last record, So Much More, is a beautiful acoustic interpretation of my earlier songs. The new record is a less folk/singer songwriter record, and has a more of an electric vibe. I am not making a pop record, or a rock record. I am making a record that best represents the songs I am writing.

It is all over the map, with inspirations ranging from Fela Kuti’s Expensive Shit/Ransome Kuti, to Joni Mitchell’s Court And Spark, to The Rolling Stone’s Exile On Main St. It is definitely a departure, and I feel it necessary. The songs are just as sincere and meaningful as ever before, if not even more so.

I feel the need to explain this to you, because after I made So Much More, many people, including close friends told me that they thought it was too much of a departure from my previous, very raw acoustic, self titled record.

I think it is important to grow, and find out who I am as an artist. I may not even need to explain this to you, but I value your support, and I want to recognize you all as a part of it. I am continuing to explore my love of folk music as well as my love of world music, specifically music from the southern hemisphere.

I am working with a producer named John Alagia, in Los Angeles, at the Village Recorder. We have about a week left, before I head out on the road, and leave John and the engineers to mix what we have recorded. The record will come out this fall, and will most likely be called, Hope For the Hopeless.

Cheers.

Brett