Truth Will Rise is Act Two of Covid Pandemic, The Newsical! (our first CD); both were created to entertain, provoke thought, and inform the open-minded and curious through songs in a variety of musical genres.
You will hear:
- Folk
- Rock
- Blues
- Ballads
- A waltz
- Musical theater style
- Fine fingerpicking
- Many danceable numbers
We encourage you to go to the website to read the lyrics and check out the research links.
“Here’s to lifelong learning, freedom to speak out, and truth rising above chaos and deception.”
This is a musical anthology of many key features of the COVID pandemic from various perspectives—including from the point of view of the virus itself.
“The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself.”
— Augustine of Hippo
THE CONTROL GROUP
Seabury Gould: Harmony vocals, arrangements, & the following instruments:
- Guitar (acoustic & electric)
- Irish bouzouki
- Keyboard (piano, electric piano, bass, accordion, string synth, brass, bass drum)
- Penny whistle
- Bamboo flute
Teri Smolens: Vocals, songwriter/lyrics, and music collaboration
Guest Studio Musicians:
- John Hardin: Bass on tracks #1 & #4
- Madeline Simms: Violin, “After It All”
- David Pavlovich: Harp, “My Precious Baby”
- Colby Beers: Snare drum, “Damn the Rebels”
Thanks to our recording, mixing, and mastering engineer for another job so very well done! It’s been a pleasure, as always.
Control Group: The placebo arm of a medical study necessary to determine short- and long-term effects of the intervention being studied. Having a control group is the gold standard in valid scientific studies.
“Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.”
— Mahatma Gandhi
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