Mid-Week Song

 

The great Bruce Hornsby is back with a new album releasing on April 3, "Indigo Park." The album is a collaboration with the late Bob Weir, Bonnie Raitt and Ezra Koenig (of Vampire Weekend).  Hornsby was a touring member of the Grateful Dead in the early '90s, following his award-winning work with The Range as his backup band.  He's a three time Grammy winner, and one of the most creative musicians / composers we have, crossing several musical genres.  Here's the soulful title track to his album.  Enjoy.

"Indigo, roses in spring

The air was heavy as the thunder did sing

I take a plunge in the old-time dark

Pulled her on in and put her in park

There's a heightened sense of possibility

When you don't know shit and you're young and you're green

Turbulent twinge, it won't ease

And I'm in with you only in my dreams"

 

 

Mid-Week Songs

 

Williamsburg, Virginia, native and master pianist and songwriter Bruce Hornsby celebrates number 68 today. Over the past 40 years, Hornsby has won Grammys in pop and bluegrass music categories (won 3, nominated for 13), toured as the Grateful Dead's pianist, and collaborated musically with a variety of artists from Justin Vernon's Bon Iver to filmmaker Spike Lee. Here are two of Bruce's best known songs with his band The Range -- timeless, beautiful classics from his award-winning album "The Way It Is." (Hip hop fans might be surprised that Tupac Shakur sampled "The Way It Is" single for his 1998 hit "Changes").