Fourth Solo Album In 5 Years Bears A Stripped-Down, Acoustically Driven Sound Centered On the Band's Stunning Harmonies!

Here If You Listen is Davod Crosby's fourth solo album in five years, an unexpected run that proves his musical passion to be as powerful as ever. The 77-year-old singer/songwriter continues the singular creative streak here, delivering one of his most joyfully adventurous albums yet in a career that spans six auspicious decades. Crosby again joins forces with the three musicians who helped lend his 2016 album Lighthouse - and the tour in support of the album - its captivating grace: Michael League of Snarky Puppy, Michelle Willis and Becca Stevens (Crosby's "Lighthouse" band). But in a purposeful departure from Lighthouse, Here If You Listen emerges as a highly collaborative effort, with all four artists trading off lead vocals and bringing their distinct songwriting to the mix.

Produced by League and co-produced by Stevens, Willis and Crosby, Here If You Listen bears a stripped-down, acoustically driven sound centered on the band's stunning harmonies. But despite its sonic simplicity and minimal percussion, the album unfolds in infinitely shifting textures that find each musician tapping into their own carefully honed palette and idiosyncratic sensibilities. "The songs are taking on all of our collective influences, which is kind of crazy if you think about it – hearing the influence of Björk on a song with David Crosby lyrics, for example," League notes. With most of the album written collaboratively in League's Brooklyn studio Atlantic Sound, Here If You Listen matches its intricate arrangements with lyrics both raw in emotion and rich in insight. Attuned to the chaos of the present day but visionary in perspective, the songs question, challenge, and demand self-reflection just as often as they illuminate and soothe.

From song to song, Here If You Listen radiates the palpable sense of joy and wonder each musician brought to the album's creation. "I love that it genuinely sounds like what happened: four people from different backgrounds with mutual respect and commitment to their work, coming together to create something they found meaningful," says Willis. "If leaving a group like Crosby, Stills & Nash was like jumping off a cliff, then finding the Lighthouse Band was like growing wings halfway down," adds Crosby. "These three people are so startlingly talented, I literally couldn't resist making this album with them."