This is one of my favorite songs I've ever written. The lyrics are personal yet universally relate able. Hard To Stay In Love is a coming of age song that acknowledges the difficulties of love as well as the guilt and unintended consequences of failed love. It ends in a promise. It is a melodic song that is more true than sad. This recording was done with an old stand up piano and has a bit of a haunting feel rather than the more aggressive version that i currently perform with the band.
Edd Donovan's day job as a social worker brings a sense of empathy to his elegantly constructed political folk music. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 26, 2019
On “Meet Me By the River,” Dawn Landes’s self-described “Nashville record,” buoyant country melodies settle deep into lush instrumentation. Bandcamp New & Notable May 7, 2018