M+A - These Days - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

In their own words Our band is made up by two components, not merged in a unique identity, but rather coexisting. Sticking to the common sense of the word, we never really felt like a group. With it's naivety and brutality, M+A plainly represents our initials just to make the whole thing more tangible and real. It's two people moving forward parallel with one another, though with countless meeting points.

Woven throughout These Are The Days, the sixth full-length album from Nashville's Michaela Anne, is a tenderness. With life comes change, and love must deepen to hold it all together. While Michaela Anne's past work searched for satisfaction in the external world, These Are The Days brings the gaze mindfully inward toward a re-grounding of values. Following two years of major life transitions in which she became a mother at the same time that her own mother suffered a stroke, Michaela Anne used songwriting to shape her understanding of a commonplace life. InchThe humdrum is holy,Inch she sings on the title track, reminding us that the small moments are what make a life. There's no escapism here, no gloss. These Are The Days reinforces how gratitude and unconditional love are essential to surviving the ordinary. In challenging chapters, the mundane becomes expansive; simplicity, sacred. Michaela Anne recorded the album at her home studio-a backyard sanctuary hand-built by her husband, producer Aaron Shafer-Haiss, and his father, and it marks the debut on her own tag, Georgia June Records. These Are The Days reconnects with her rock roots, moving away from classic country toward something raw and resonant. Textured, vibrant, and deeply human, it's ultimately a coming-of-age statement written with the wisdom of a woman in her 30s a recognition that there is no love without grief, and that growing up means holding both.

Bon Jovi - These Days [COMPACT DISCS] date 06/27/1995