Colloquy lyrics full#

It's all very intimate and stripped down and plays a bit like a prayer of hope that this time can provide some clarity to us all about what really matters in our lives. Davis and our kids sang on a couple of tracks. Ultimately, I recorded a record in that attic. They were mostly songs of comfort and hope, trying to make sense of what was going on as the world shut down. I started writing songs in the attic of that house. We got out of Spain on what felt like one of last commercial flights and quarantined in a house in Newport, RI.

Colloquy lyrics full#

I was performing a lot in Europe and had a full schedule of shows booked in 2020 all of which were canceled. My family was living in Spain all last year, as my wife (Ms. All of that shut down suddenly and completely. Before this year, it was a rare month that I wasn't away for at least a third of it. Some years I have played close to 100 shows. I am used to traveling and performing all the time. What has the past year been like for you as a musician? I released my first album shortly after September 11th, and I have been writing songs, touring, and releasingВ records both as a solo artist ever since and, for the past several years, with my duo project, Son of Town Hall. I've always been drawn to lyric writing, and craft my words very carefully. I came to songwriting in my late teens and never really looked away. But for the most part, my relationship with music is more about heart than chops. I had a great vocal instructor when I was young who helped me with technique.

I'm not really a schooled musician, though I have taken some theory and a few handfuls of guitar lessons. I suppose that's true of mankind as well. We spoke with David Berkeley about his music, the past year, and his enrollment in the Graduate Institute at St. ItвЂ™s easy to forget that concerts are a part of this series, as they are in the minority, but they are always a welcome change of pace. On March 6th, David Berkeley, a singer-songwriter, performed an online concert as part of our вЂDeanвЂ™s Lecture and Concert SeriesвЂ™.