Americana, contemporary folk, jazz ballads and country songs with characters that come alive in scenes you can visualize, written like a story, feels like a video. Songs that will make you think and feel. Delivered with a gutsy baritone, played on guitar or piano.
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When Carl was five his mother played classical music and told him: "If you close your eyes you can see the music." He did, and he did. And it has made all the difference.
Carl's lyrics paint pictures of scenes that you can "see" unravel before you with characters that come alive, often with a surprise ending and sometimes with a dash of emotion.