Kevin Browne

Skating

What the songs are about – 5^th installment

Our middle son asked me one day if I wanted to go ice-skating. We hadn’t been for many, many years, but I said yes. We started skating about twice a…

Cornbread

What the songs are about – 4th installment

I still think fondly of Illinois and the corn fields were numerous in the Belleville area. I started playing these chords one day and singing the chorus and my brother Paul…

What the songs are about – 2^nd installment

 Immovable concerns being able to make clear and logical choices every time I’m confronted by difficult situations. Unfortunately, I don’t always accomplish that. Anger and apathy are difficult to overcome.

I…

Oftentimes I've been asked what a song that I've written is about. I've always enjoyed hearing the explanation about a song from the artist, so I decided to write a short bit about each song on the new "Plant a…

Here's what a former student wrote to me about the music video of Back in Illinois (it's the first item on the links page) "All i have to say is .. WOW. i loved that music video so much…

On November 2, 2007 my mother passed away. The time leading up to her death and the aftermath has given me many moments of reflection and some of these thoughts have found their way into some new songs. I hope…

We just spent the last two weeks visiting family members in Georgia, Virginia, Indiana and Missouri. Griffin, our youngest son and Andrew, our middle son came along. It was great having them with us. Griffin and I were able to…

I can't believe school is ending again. Last week, I went to a party for a former student who had just graduated from medical school! Every now and then, someone will tell me they plan to study German as a…

I wrote several songs in October and November 2006 and then recorded them along with three other songs from earlier in the year on a live CD. Shortly after we did the live recording in early December I wrote another…