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XPN Welcomes Denison Witmer

Presented by WXPN

January 23, 2010

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From DenisonWitmer.com:

On November 11, 2008, Denison Witmer will release Carry the Weight, his seventh album. Carry the Weight nods toward the ‘70s singer-songwriters (such as Jackson Browne, Carol King, and Leonard Cohen) that have served as Witmer‘s inspiration since his earliest recordings. Witmer captures the lyrical honesty and serene, poignant tone crafted by these earlier songwriters, transforming it into something entirely personal and entirely his own.

"Linens and cedar chests/Notepads and instruments/Weeks in a row/I stayed alone/I‘ll be alright/I‘ll be alright."
- Chesapeake Watershed

In the three years since his previous release, Are You a Dreamer?, Witmer has grappled with unexpected challenges. In quick succession, he experienced the demise of a serious relationship and the diagnosis of a close friend with cancer. Both events left Witmer with unanswered questions. "The last few years have been difficult," he admits. "I used songwriting to do my best at making sense of both my personal problems and watching my friend battle cancer. My friend is incredibly optimistic. He put a lot of my life into perspective. Things as simple as watching him get up and head straight into the next day with little-to-no fear reminded me of what I had known but somehow lost: that things can feel like they are spinning out of control, but that they rarely are. Ultimately, we can overcome that out-of-control feeling and embrace hope through it all. Hope is contagious."