June: Ray LaMontagne

“The stars are yours, if you have the head, the hands, and the heart for them.”--Ray  Bradbury

Everyone likes sassy music. The sweet kind that makes you feel easy and like summer will never end. This is the music that is more than a message, an agenda, or anything else. It is just beautiful for the sake of being so. Things like that are rare and change the person who listens to them. They are rare because for once they do not try to fix the problem, or change it—they just let you know it is not easy but that is okay. Ray LaMontagne is such a poet. His music reminds us that life is the only thing that moves, and moves us. It is a struggle and a grieving process realizing how fragile we all are—but there is healing in knowing it. Here’s to reality without the sugarcoating, and the taste is still sweet.

Ever wanted to say something true, but no way to say it? Ever notice how false words are quickly said—but the truth restores? Well that is why sweet baby Ray learned to sing, darling, so that you could learn to smile even when the world is a weary place. You will not smile because everything will be alright, you will smile because even when it is not alright there is hope that it can be. Ray LaMontagne is not like the others. Once you listen, you do not listen the same again—you do not want to.

 

 

"That’s when you need someone

Someone that you can call

And when all your faith is gone

Feels like you can't go on

Let it be me"

Let It Be Me, Ray LaMontagne