In loving memory of MFK.

My Sunday mornings usually begin with my best friend MC and coffee at my favorte coffee/wine bar in the East Village, Ost. Ost is a place where you can go and sit alone with a book, surrounded by incredible music and eclectic east village locals. a few weeks ago MC and I were sipping down our cappuccinos Catching up with one another when I heard this song. I have an autistic tick where, If I hear an amazing song come on I immediately have to google it, shazzam it or oh yes, even go to the back of the restaurant myself and ask the owner what the name of the song is. In this particular scenario, after obnoxiously waving our iphones up in the air trying to shazaam the song, MC did the honors of asking the barista what the title of the song playing was….An Artists Song, by Lost In The Trees. and I was hooked. 

An Artists Song, among many of the songs on Lost In the Trees’ sophomore album, surfaces the tragic loss of lead singer, Ari Picker’s mother, who was a painter and an artist in her own right. It was the evolution of grief and the struggle of overcoming the loss of his mother from which Picker began composing, writing and creating a musical tribute devoted to her. A picture of Picker’s mother hung above his desk while producing this record, and its this picture that is now gracing the cover of his second album, A Church That Fits Our Needs.  

“I wanted to give her a space, in the music, to be, and to become all the things she didn’t get a chance to be when she was alive,” Picker said.  

Today, I wanted to dedicate “An Artists Song” to a dear friend of mine who lost her mother earlier this week; Maryellen was deeply loved and will be forever missed.I hope this song brings hope and strength to those grieving the loss of a loved one. May you regain your strength and faith with each new day.Love, Carrie