The summer before my senior year of high school, I had my heart set on going to McDaniel College, a small, liberal arts school an hour from home. It was where I belonged, and I knew it. I sat down with the head of the music department and asked about…

Let it go let it go let it go Let it go let it go let it go When the world is coming down on me, I let it go. —Fred LeBlanc For the better part of 20 years, I’ve been a disciple of Cowboy Mouth from New Orleans, Louisana….

Dreaming I stood in a small, windowless room. It was sparsely furnished – a narrow bed, a dresser, a lamp. Empty wire hangers clattered in a tiny closet. The only exit was a single, locked door. Somehow, I escaped the room and found myself running down the street. Then, in…