Tyrel Kessinger

Dealing with the ever-oncoming crush of time is something every musician probably attempts to confront in their songs at some point during their careers, but few do it as poignantly as Stuart Wicke. In his quest to “make something mundane feel profound” Wicke has crafted “Two Cars,” a song that tells the passage of time in a very unique way — peering in at the every day things in our lives that affect us more than we know. “Two Cars” is about measuring time,” said Wicke.

Sometimes friends need to be told how important they are to someone, which is exactly what Bret Berry set out to do with their album Gestures, even if, at the time, they didn’t know it. Each song, they says—including “Dust In Light”—is named in honor of someone who has been a positive or uplifting force in his life over the years. “With Gestures, I held each composition to two parameters,” Berry said.

Andy Matter, aka Andy Washburn, is a man who does things his own way. He’s also a man who is always looking for new ways to do them. As with everything and everyone, the pandemic lockdown forced us all to readjust our lives and routines, but for Washburn, it was a chance to shake up his usual equation.