Raymond, Julle & jeg reiste til Austin, Tx for første gang på forsommeren 1986. Det var Fabulous Thunderbirds Riverfest som trakk oss til byen

Coming of age in the musical hotbed of Austin, TX, Darden Smith developed his craft as a singer-songwriter while in the company of Nanci Griffith, Shawn Colvin, Townes Van Zandt, Joe Ely, and Lyle Lovett

Where the careers of so many Texas singer-songwriters follow a straight path, the artistic progression of Darden Smith fills an ever-widening circle--as the release of his most musically adventurous and ambitiously crafted album to date attests

“These songs mostly came together in the last year and were highly colored by the war in Iraq, the ‘04 election, and the Tsunami in Southeast Asia. It always strikes me that in times like these, with all the craziness in the world, all the personal loss and tragedy, hope holds a high value